1
Well you mentioned Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire)
Polidoro Segers, the first doctor in Tierra del Fuego, was born in Ghent in 1852; He died in Argentina in 1917.
In "Polidoro Segers, the first doctor of Tierra del Fuego", Raúl Agustín Entraigas writes the biography of the Belgian who arrived in Argentina in the 19th century. I transcribe that work:
"What an extraordinary man Don Polidoro A. Segers was! He was born on May 7, 1852 in Ghent, Belgium. He was from in a Flemish family. His grandfather, Adrián Segers, was one of those who they played for the independence of Belgium. He was about to be burned alive by the enemies, which earned him the medals of the Legion of Honor and the Order of Leopold ".
"When, after '70s, Buenos Aires breathed peace and lived on the abundance provided by our immense fields (it was our Augustan era ...), Argentines thought of good music . And our grandparents looked towards Paris. They requested a classical quartet. And he came. A twenty-two-year-old young man played the piano, with good looks, blond hair, blue eyes, penetrating gaze, a broad forehead and also cordial: it was Polidoro A Segers. "
"The director of the conservatory who had been asked for the quartet, set his eyes on him, invited him and Polidoro accepted. In Buenos Aires he was a teacher of music and singing. The most distinguished young women of our society learned from him to interpret Liszt, Beethoven and Chopin. But they did not seduce him. He had given word to a young Parisian woman, Maria Craemers, had her come, and on February 20, 1875 they were married in the church of Saint Ignatius. "
"And he was happy. He earned money. He was loved by all who treated him. But this was not enough for his restless spirit. He insisted on studying medicine . Together with Dr. Gutiérrez, Ramaugé and Milone studied the science of Hippocrates at night . By day , I work; at night I study until my helmets warm up. "
"Segers was already thirty-four years old. When it came to taking the exam, he found that he needed a qualifying degree to enter the Faculty ... What will he do? Will he plant everything? What hope! He will wait. Time and ingenuity They would give him the means to get there. Meanwhile he had a magnificent opportunity to get to know Tierra del Fuego. "
Segers family and two native americans
Bookmarks