Patricio Fleming
Patricio Fleming was an Argentine physician, who served in the Hospital de Niños of Buenos Aires.Biography
He was born in Salta Province, the son of Miguel Fleming and Carmen Jáuregui, belonging to an Irish-Argentine family from Dublin and Catamarca Province. He did his secondary studies in the Nacional de Buenos Aires, and graduated in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires in 1887.
Patricio Fleming obtained his medical degree with the thesis: "Estudios sobre el Cólera". He was one of the first professionals to serve in the hospital Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, where he served as director.
He served in several hospitals in the Argentine Republic, including the Alvear Hospital. He also was a professor at the University of Buenos Aires where he taught pediatric and :es:Semiología médica|semiology classes.
Patricio Fleming Jáuregui was married to Celina Saubidet Cané, daughter of Pedro Nolasco Saubidet and Justiniana Cané, a woman descendant of Mariano Andrade, a distinguished Argentine politician.
