Complex sentence: He was one of the first psychiatrists in the Mental Hospital of Uruguay, in 1878, Canaveris was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Pedro Visca, director of the Asylum between 1877 and 1878.
Split into simpler sentences: He was one of the first psychiatrists in the Mental Hospital of Uruguay. In 1878, Canaveris was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Pedro Visca, director of the Asylum between 1877 and 1878.