title: Daniel Alcides Carrion (1857-1885) and a history of medical martyrdom.
abstract: Daniel Carrion, a sixth-year medical student, died while investigating the effects of self-inoculation of the causative organism of Oroya Fever and Bartonellosis and thereby contributed to understanding of the disease before the organisms had been identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India mail@pranab.in pranab@aequanimitas.org.in.
authors.forename: Pranab
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.affiliation: Independent Researcher, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Shivika
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.affiliation: Independent Researcher, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Tamoghna
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Biswas
mesh_terms: D032762:Autoexperimentation / Q000266:history*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology; D045503:Bartonella bacilliformis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000266:history
keywords: Albero Barton; Autoexperimentation; Bartonella bacilliformis; Bartonellosis; Carman Peredes; Daniel Alcides Carrion; Dos de May Hospital; Dr Richard Strong; Lima; Oroya Fever; Verruga Peruana