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Henrique da Rocha Lima (24 November 1879 – 12 April 1956) was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist born in Rio de Janeiro. With his friend, Stanislaus von Prowazek, he described what would later be known as Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus.
His histopathological research resulted in a profound change in the anatomical and clinical concept of yellow fever. The discovery of the etiological agent of the exanthematous type is the masterpiece of Rocha Lima, who also studied rickettsia, Peruvian wart, blastomycosis, Chagas disease, poradenitis and hemoglobinuric fever.
Aug 16, 2014 · Abstract. Brazilian physician and researcher Henrique da Rocha Lima was born in 1879 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where he studied medicine and obtained the degree of M.D. in 1901. He specialized in Clinical Medicine in Germany and was the ambassador in European countries of the scientific medicine that emerged from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute ...
- Fred Bernardes Filho, João Carlos Regazzi Avelleira
- 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153945
- 2015
- May-Jun 2015
Brazilian physician Henrique da Rocha Lima (1879–1956) was the leading promoter of scientific relations between Brazil and Germany in the first half of the twentieth century. 1 He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Rio
Henrique da Rocha Lima was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist born in Rio de Janeiro. With his friend, Stanislaus von Prowazek, he described what would later be known as Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus.
The son of renowned clinician Carlos Henrique da Rocha Lima and Hermizilia Cassia da Rocha Lima obtained his degree if M.D. in 1901 from the National Medical School and travelled to Germany to specialize in Clinical Medicine.1 During his studies at medical school, he met Oswaldo Cruz, who shortly after arriving from the Pasteur Institute, Paris ...
Henrique da Rocha Lima Born in Rio de Janeiro on November 24, 1879, Henrique da Rocha Lima earned his medical degree in Germany in 1901. Upon returning to Brazil in 1902, he joined the Federal Serum Therapy Institute as a researcher; there he organized the anatomy and pathological histology sectors.
