Juan Nepomuceno Rencoret (1856-?) was a

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an medical doctor. He was born in

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, a village in the department of

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, Colchagua,

, in late 1856. He made his first studies of humanities at the Liceo de San Fernando and ended at the Instituto Nacional and the

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. He studied medical sciences and surgery at the former School of Medicine. Having been orphaned during his time as a student, he took time off to work, devoting himself to teaching in various schools in

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. He finally obtained his diploma of medicine and surgery in 1878. Established in

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in 1880, he worked as a doctor of vaccines there, and in 1885 was elected alderman (''regidor'') of the Municipality. In 1886, he was elected the city's second vice mayor. At the end of the

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, in 1881, he gave free care to wounded soldiers returning from the battles of Chorrillos and Miraflores.

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1856 births Chilean physicians Year of death missing Chilean people of Czech descent University of Chile alumni {{Chile-med-bio-stub