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Fidel Pagés

1886 - 1923

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Fidel Pagés Miravé (26 January 1886 – 21 September 1923) was a Spanish military surgeon, known for developing the technique of epidural anesthesia. He practised a wide range of traumatological and surgical techniques, both for war injuries and civil purposes, contributed to the modernisation of surgery in Spain and participated actively in the reorganisation of the Spanish Military Health system in the 1920s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fidel Pagés has received more than 47,597 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Fidel Pagés is the 632nd most popular physician (down from 565th in 2019), the 1,747th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,549th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Spanish Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 48k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Fidel Pagés ranks 632 out of 726. Before him are William C. Gorgas, María Teresa Ferrari, William H. Welch, Anders Tegnell, Andrea Andreen, and Harry Benjamin. After him are Archie Cochrane, Jean Alexandre Barré, George E. P. Box, Robert Atkins, Thomas Lewis, and Edward Angle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Fidel Pagés ranks 267. Before him are Francis Carco, Harold Nicolson, Robert L. Eichelberger, Arthur Whitten Brown, Gustavo Jiménez, and Margaret Woodrow Wilson. After him are Harmodio Arias Madrid, Reggie Pridmore, Carl Hårleman, Östen Undén, Charles Williams, and Virginia Pearson. Among people deceased in 1923, Fidel Pagés ranks 109. Before him are Eugène Mougin, Guerra Junqueiro, William R. Day, John Morley, Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia, and Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar. After him are Theodor Rosetti, Ivan Tavčar, Duncan Stewart, Ole Østmo, Charles Kent, and Joseph DeCamp.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Fidel Pagés ranks 1,747 out of 3,355. Before him are Emiliano Rodríguez (1937), Gregorio Blasco (1909), Blas de Otero (1916), Eduardo González Valiño (1911), Mikel Oyarzabal (1997), and Elvira Lindo (1962). After him are Francisco Pagazaurtundúa (1894), Eduard Fernández (1964), Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (1922), Juan Antonio San Epifanio (1959), Edurne Pasaban (1973), and Dani Ceballos (1996).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Spain

Among physicians born in Spain, Fidel Pagés ranks 13. Before him are Leander of Seville (534), Petrus Alphonsi (1062), Nicolás Monardes (1508), Gregorio Marañón (1887), Concepción Aleixandre (1862), and Fernando Quiroga Palacios (1900). After him are Teresa Forcades (1966), and Fernando Simón (1963).

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