Eliodoro Mercado

Eliodoro Mercado
Mercado, published by Bain News Service between c. 1910 and c. 1915
Born
Eliodoro Mercado y Donato

3 July 1866
Manila, Philippines
Diedc. 1933
Manila, Philippines
Alma materColegio de San Juan de Letran (BA)
University of Santo Tomas
Occupation(s)physician, army surgeon, medical researcher
Works
  • Leprosy in the Philippines and its Treatment (1914)
  • Algunas Observaciones Sobre la Recivida de la Lepra (1917)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
Institutions

Eliodoro Donato Mercado (1866–1933), or Eliodoro Mercado y Donato,[1] was a Filipino physician and army surgeon who, along with Victor Heiser, made a method of injecting chaulmoogra oil on treating leprosy.[2] His work was published in 1914 titled, "Leprosy in the Philippines and its Treatment".[3][4] He was considered as the "greatest leprologist of the Philippines" according to Zoilo M. Galang.[5]

He was also founding member of Colegio Médico-Farmacéutico of the Philippines and ex-supernumerary surgeon in the Spanish Army.[4][3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Parascandola, John (2003). "Chaulmoogra Oil and the Treatment of Leprosy" (PDF). Pharmacy in History. 45 (2): 47–57. ISSN 0031-7047.
  3. ^ a b Mercado, Eliodoro Donato (1915). Leprosy in the Philippines and Its Treatment. Tip Linotype del Col. de Sto. Tomas.
  4. ^ a b "Eliodoro Donato Mercado | International Leprosy Association - History of Leprosy". leprosyhistory.org. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  5. ^ Galang, Zoilo M. (1932). Leaders of the Philippines: Inspiring Biographies of Successful Men and Women of the Philippines. National Publishing Company.