Abstract

SALINAS, David. Daniel Alcides Carrión: Unicist theory. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2016, vol.64, n.1, pp.93-97. ISSN 0120-0011.  https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v64n1.50932.

Carrion's disease typically presents two clinical phases: Oroya fever and Peruvian wart. Unicist theory recognizes that both clinical forms belong to the same disease. Obtaining this knowledge represented a challenge for both the Peruvian and the world science. In 1885, through a historical experiment, Daniel Alcides Carrión obtained the clinical-experimental evidence that work as the foundations of this theory. Carrion did not design this theory but only in the final hours of his experiment; therefore his finding is considered as an act of serendipity. Bacteriological demonstration of the theory was made in 1926 by Hideyo Noguchi. Carrion also provided evidence showing the transmission of this infection. Due to its scientific contribution Carrión became the symbol of the Peruvian medicine.

Keywords : History of Medicine; Bartonellosis; Carrion's disease; History of Medicine; Peru.

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