Daniel Nuñez del Prado

Dr. Daniel Nuñez del Prado

Dr. Daniel Nuñez del Prado (29 July 1840 in La Paz, Bolivia – 1891) was a revolutionary Bolivian doctor of medicine. His parents were Dr. Maria Jose Nuñez del Prado and Isabel del Valle. His brother, Eduardo Nuñez del Prado, was also a doctor of medicine.

President Mariano Melgarejo expelled Nuñez del Prado from Bolivia. The reason: Mrs. Nuñez del Prado denied general Melgarejo the access to her house during a pared. One of the historical buildings in the city of La Paz. Years later Don Daniel urgently is requested to attend a patient who has been shot to dead in Lima. The patient is General Melgarejo. The last confession from former president Melgarejo was with Don Daniel Nuñez del Prado.

Timeline

• Degree as doctor of medicine in Lima / 1863.

• 1866 Fights under supreme commander Jose Galvez against the Spanish invasion, obtaining decorations from the Peruvian and Bolivian governments.

• 1868 Combats a yellow fever epidemic in Lima. Due to his engagement obtains a decoration from the Peruvian congress.

• 1878 Prefect of La Paz.

• 1881 Bolivian foreign minister under President Campero.

Works

• Opusculo sobre la fiebre amarilla.

Achievements

• Dean of the Faculty of medicine in La Paz.
• Organizes the battalion "Victoria" to defend Bolivia from the attacks from Chile. Due to this action he obtains the nomination as Colonel.

References

• Tras la huella de los hermanos Núñez del Prado at Archivos bolivianos de historia de la Medicina (Spanish)
• http://www.histarmar.com.ar/InfHistorica/GuerraPacificoEspaniaChPeru/Pacifico1base.htm (Spanish)

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Name	Nunez Del Prado, Daniel
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Date of birth	29 July 1840
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Date of death	1891
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