# Proceso Gabriel

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{{short description|Filipino physician and bacteriologist}}
{{Philippine name|Bautista|Gabriel}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name               = Proceso Gabriel
| image              = ProcesoGabriel.png
| caption            = Gabriel during the 1910s
| birth_name         = Proceso Gabriel y Bautista
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1887|7|2}}
| birth_place        = [Santa Ana](/source/Santa_Ana%2C_Manila), [Manila](/source/Manila), [Captaincy General of the Philippines](/source/Captaincy_General_of_the_Philippines)
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1935|11|4|1887|7|2}}
| death_place        = [Manila](/source/Manila), [Philippine Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines)
| residence          = 
| citizenship        = Philippines
| fields            = [bacteriology](/source/bacteriology), [pharmacology](/source/pharmacology), [parasitology](/source/parasitology)
| workplaces        = Philippine Bureau of Health<br>[University of Santo Tomas](/source/University_of_Santo_Tomas)
| alma_mater        = [University of Santo Tomas](/source/University_of_Santo_Tomas)
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| known_for         = establishing first bacteriological laboratory in the Philippines
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| spouse            = Carmen Borja
| father           = Juan Gabriel
| mother           = Juana Bautista
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'''Proceso Bautista Gabriel''' (2 July 1887 – 4 November 1935) was a Filipino physician and bacteriologist known for establishing the first privately owned [bacteriological laboratory](/source/Medical_laboratory) in the Philippines.<ref name=oo>{{cite web|url=https://www.oocities.org/scientists_phil/gabriel_fulltext.html|title=Proceso Gabriel (1887–1935)|access-date=15 March 2023|website=oocities.org}}</ref><ref name=pdf>{{cite web|url=http://scinet.science.ph/union/Downloads/Biographies%20of%20Early%20Scientists%20in%20the%20Philippines2004_66046.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0l94l9fTPpZ9luccsl0BTUF70hnFjmaCONmSfpaX_3pT4etoDCLt2xR_I|title=Biographies of Early Scientists in the Philippines|author=Cymbeline R. Villamin|access-date=15 March 2023|website=scinet.science.ph}}</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
Gabriel was born on July 2, 1887, in [Santa Cruz, Manila](/source/Santa_Cruz%2C_Manila), the second of five children of Juana Bautista and Juan Gabriel, a leather dealer.<ref name=oo/><ref name=pdf/>

===Medical career===
After finishing medical studies at the University of Santo Tomas on January 14, 1903, Gabriel worked as a lecturer at the university while serving as Manila's municipal physician. He was among the first graduates of the first medical school in the Philippines together with [José Rizal](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal), Aristón Bautista, [Manuel S. Guerrero](/source/Manuel_S._Guerrero), [Trinidad Pardo de Tavera](/source/Trinidad_Pardo_de_Tavera), Salvador Vivencio del Rosario, [Sixto de Los Angeles](/source/Sixto_de_los_Angeles) and others.<ref name=ust>{{cite web|url=https://www.anargyroifoundation.org/the-first-graduates-of-the-faculty-of-medicine-and-their-impact-on-medicine-in-the-philippines/|title=The First Graduates of the Faculty of Medicine and their Impact on Medicine in the Philippines|date=27 November 2020|access-date=15 March 2023|website=anargyroifoundation.org}}</ref> While practicing his medical profession, he conducted researches on fighting the great epidemics of [cholera](/source/cholera), [smallpox](/source/smallpox), [beriberi](/source/beriberi), and [typhoid fever](/source/typhoid_fever).<ref name=oo/> He became the head of the Philippine Bureau of Health and assistant Dean at the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. During his 20 years with the Bureau of Health, he published numerous medical researches and textbooks such as ''Manual de Higiene y Sanitación'' ("Manual on Hygiene and Sanitation") and ''Higiene Práctica y Métodos Clínicos de Laboratorio'' ("Practical Hygiene and Clinical Laboratory Methods").<ref name=ust/><ref name=oo/>

===Marriage and family===
Gabriel married Carmen Borja on November 26, 1905. Together they had five children who became prominent figures in their respective professions:<ref name=pdf/>
* Antonio (born ?), head of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Parasitology and chief of the Section of Legal Medicine and History of Medicine, UST Faculty of Medicine Surgery;
* Sis. Maria Carmencita (1910–1998), professed religious of the [Maryknoll Sisters](/source/Maryknoll_Sisters);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maryknollmissionarchives.org/deceased-sisters/sister-maria-carmencita-gabriel-mm/|title=Sister Maria Carmencita Gabriel, MM|access-date=15 March 2023|website=Maryknoll Mission Archives}}</ref>
* Gregorio (born ?), assistant dean and chief of the section of Anatomy of the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery;
* Pedro (born ?), chief chemist of YCO Paints, Elizalde & Company, Inc, and professor of philosophy, [University of Santo Tomas](/source/University_of_Santo_Tomas); and
* Angel (born ?), assistant vice-president of F.G.U. Insurance group.

A devout [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic), he and his wife were members of the [Third Order of Saint Dominic](/source/Third_Order_of_Saint_Dominic).<ref name=oo/><ref name=pdf/>

===Death===
He died on November 4, 1935, due to [heart failure](/source/heart_failure) in [Manila](/source/Manila).<ref name=oo/>

==Honors and recognitions==
In 1929, he was nominated for the [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) by Dario del Val of the [University of Santo Tomas](/source/University_of_Santo_Tomas) "for his contributions to the public health and the sanitary progress of the Philippines." He was the [first Filipino](/source/List_of_Filipino_Nobel_laureates_and_nominees) to be nominated for the [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show.php?id=10407|title=Nomination Physiology or Medicine 1929|access-date=15 March 2023|website=nobelprize.org}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Dominican Order in the Philippines}}
{{Filipinos and Peace Prize}}

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Category:People from Santa Ana, Manila
Category:Filipino microbiologists
Category:University of Santo Tomas alumni
Category:20th-century Filipino medical doctors
Category:Filipino Roman Catholics
Category:Lay Dominicans
Category:Filipino Dominicans

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