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José W. Tobías

Born  1893
Died  1951

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Argentine physician, 1893-1951.

Biography of José W. Tobías

José W. Tobías graduated with honours in 1918. He obtained his medical doctorate with the dissertation La epidemia de gripe de 1918. He was President of the Sociedad de Medicina Interna de Buenos Aires in 1929, the year he became "profesor Escudero y profesor suplente". He was later appointed full professor.

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