Biography
Nicolas Osorio Ricaurte, Colombian pathologist (Bogotá 10 September 1838 – Anapoima 21 December 1905)
Authored Une tumeur provenant de la substance grise cephalorachidienne. Thesis (1865)
First observed “pigmentum” in blood, 6 years ahead of Laveran in Higado Pigmentado (1874). In this work presented anatomo-pathologically the visceral lesions of paludism
Presented the first case of black piedra (1874) in Sur la piedra, nouvelle espece d’affection parasitaire des cheveux
With Posada Arango introduced the term piedra and described clinical aspects of black piedra
SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY
Tratados sobre las quinas
Estudio sobre las fiebres
Ligaduras elásticas
Hernia estrangulada
Habitaciones de los obreros
Aneurisma de la subclávia
Estudio anatomo patológico sobre bazo “palustre”