Ignacio Ponseti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish physician
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Place of Birth: Ciutadella de Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
About Ignacio Ponseti
- Ignacio Ponseti (3 June 1914 – 18 October 2009) was a Spanish physician, specializing in orthopedics.
- He was born on 3 June 1914 in Menorca, part of the Balearic Islands, Spain, Ponseti was the son of a watchmaker and helped repair watches.
- This skill was said to eventually contribute to his abilities as an orthopedist.
- He fled Spain during the Spanish Civil War and became a faculty member and practicing physician at the University of Iowa.
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