Daniel Alcides Carrión García (August 12, 1857 – October 5, 1885) was a Peruvian medical student after whom Carrion's disease is named.

[1] Carrión's aim was to prove a link between the acute blood stage of Oroya fever with that of the later chronic form of the disease, called verruga peruana, typified by numerous red, wart-like dermal nodules.

After Carrión's death from the disease, a fellow student who had assisted in the experiment was arrested for his murder, but later released.

[3][4] Carrión is buried in a mausoleum on the premises of the Dos de Mayo National Hospital in Lima.

[5] On October 7, 1991, the Peruvian government announced a law (LeyNº 25342), declaring Carrión to be a "National Hero" (Spanish: Héroe Nacional).