Lorenzo Sazié Don Lorenzo Sazié.

Abstract

The first Dean of the University of Chile School of Medicine was Dr Lorenzo Sazié a young and bright French academician, endowed with superb skills in Surgery and Obstetrics. His nomination as Dean (1843) extended until December 1st, 1865 when he died, just a few days after the passing away of Andrés Bello, the Rector of the University of Chile. Sazié's fulfillment as physician, Professor, Dean, Member of the University Council and President of Protomedicatus Court, was outstanding. He organized medical curricula according to French medical scopes, to local resources and to Chilean prevalent diseases. He enabled scientific development by means of a close connection between the School of Medicine and the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Works of both Schools were supposed to be related with matters of public interest and were published in "Revista de Santiago". He also provided subscriptions to the principal European scientific journals. As President of Protomedicatus he ap