José Longinos Martínez
José Longinos Martínez (15 March 1756 in
He was born in
Although some sources state that Longinos performed cataract surgery in New Spain, available evidence indicates that he managed cataracts conservatively. However, he favored the procedure of cataract extraction over that of couching, and may have encouraged Narciso Esparragosa of Guatemala to begin performing cataract extractions.[1]
Perhaps because of the rapidity of his journey, his account of the region was sometimes superficial, second-hand, or inaccurate. Nonetheless, it documented substantial otherwise-lost information, particularly on the lifeways of the native peoples.
Longinos travelled to Guatemala in 1795. He opened museums of natural history in Mexico City and in Guatemala.[1]
References
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- Longinos Martínez, José. 1961. Journal of José Longinos Martínez: Notes and Observations of the Naturalist of the Botanical Expedition in Old and New California and the South Coast, 1791-1792. Edited by Lesley Byrd Simpson. J. Howell, San Francisco.
- Longinos Martínez, José. 1994. Diario de las expediciones a las Californias de José Longinos Martínez. Edited by Salvador Bernabéu. Doce Calles, Madrid.