Aureliano Maestre de San Juan

Aureliano Maestre de San Juan ( October 17, 1828 - June 1, 1890) was a Spanish scientist, histologist, physician and anatomist. He is credited as being one of the first scientists to recognize the disorder known as Kallmann syndrome.[1] He died in 1890, having been blinded in a laboratory accident involving caustic soda two years earlier.

Aureliano Maestre de San Juan
Born(1828-10-17)17 October 1828
Granada, Spain
Died1 June 1890(1890-06-01) (aged 61)
Alicante, Spain
NationalitySpain
Known forKallmann syndrome
Scientific career
FieldsAnatomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Granada, Complutense University of Madrid
InfluencedSantiago Ramon y Cajal

See also

References
  1. Maestre de San Juan, Aureliano (1856). "Teratolagia: falta total de los nervios olfactorios con anosmia en un individuo en quien existia una atrofia congenita de los testiculos y miembro viril". El Siglo Médico. 3: 211–221.
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