Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Jul 1997
Biography Historical Article[A tribute to Germán Schneider, MD, first editor of Revista Médica de Chile].
Germán Schneider was born in 1820 in Magdeburg, Germany, and graduated as M. D. at the University of Bonn. In 1848, caught by the political and intellectual reformist movement in Europe, he was exiled in Paris. ⋯ As first Editor of this medical journal, he established the basis for its continuous success and devotion to medical progress and education. Dr. Schneider died in 1884, leaving several distinguished pupils who followed his path, and a medical journal that now stands as one of the oldest in the world.