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Peruvian postage stamp commemorating the centenary of the birth of Daniel Alcides Carrión García

  • 1958

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Peruvian postage stamp commemorating the centenary of the birth of Daniel Alcides Carrión García (1857-1885), a Peruvian medical student after whom Carrion's disease is named. The stamp depicts Saint Martin de Porres Velázquez (1579-1639), known as a patron saint of social justice and Peruvian pharmaceutical chemists, as well as for his medical care of the poor.

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  • Box 1

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“Peruvian Postage Stamp Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of Daniel Alcides Carrión García.” Peru: Bundesdruckerei-berlin, 1958. Witco Stamp Collection, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ht24wj46b.

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