Abstract

FERREIRA MORENO, Víctor Guillermo. Evocation to the Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Barres on the centennial of his death. Colomb. Med. [online]. 2016, vol.47, n.1, pp.63-66. ISSN 1657-9534.

About the editorial of the Professor Guillermo Llanos: "Carlos J. Finlay: the forgotten Pasteur of America", a hundred years after his death and through a documental review, a summary of the life and work of this great man of science was conducted. Finlay was a notable figure of the American medicine, he conceived a new infection way able to explain the propagation of the yellow fever, and added the possibility of their scientific confirmation by an experimental method. For all the above-mentioned Finlay was recognized as the humanity's benefactor

Keywords : Carlos J. Finlay; yellow fever; discovery; history of the medicine.

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