Abel Ayerza

One of his sons was kidnapped and later killed by Juan Gallifi a local Sicilian gangster which caused a great public outcry.

In 1885 he completed his practical studies as an intern in this hospital where he presented his thesis titled “Clinical Observations” sponsored by Dr. Ignacio Pirovano.

[1] Two years later Ayerza travelled to Paris, France, to develop his technique of neurological examination and cardiopulmonary auscultation.

Professor Jaccoud introduced him to nosology and Cartesian logical analysis at the Hôpital de la Pitié.

Later one of his students, Francisco C. Arrillaga, included the observations into a 1912 thesis and in 1925 published a full description of the disease.