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Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes Aedes aegypti. [1] Biography. Early life and education.
- Jefferson Medical College
- August 20, 1915 (aged 81), Havana, Cuba
- Juan Carlos Finlay y de Barrés, December 3, 1833, Puerto Príncipe, Cuba
Mar 1, 2024 · Aug. 20, 1915, Havana (aged 81) Subjects Of Study: mosquito. carrier. yellow fever. Carlos J. Finlay (born Dec. 3, 1833, Puerto Príncipe, Cuba—died Aug. 20, 1915, Havana) was a Cuban epidemiologist who discovered that yellow fever is transmitted from infected to healthy humans by a mosquito.
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Carlos Finlay | The National Library of Medicine. In response to his groundbreaking theory on the cause of yellow fever, Carlos Finlay was called a "crank" and a "crazy old man." The derision...
May 11, 2018 · Carlos Juan Finlay. The Cuban physician and epidemiologist Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915) discovered that certain mosquitoes transmit yellow fever. Carlos Juan Finlay was born in Camagüey Province on Dec. 3, 1833, of a Scottish father and a French mother.
Nov 2, 2020 · Carlos J. Finlay: The mosquito man. Enrique Chaves-Carballo. Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Portrait Dr. Carlos J. Finlay. From Images History of Medicine (IHM), National Library of Medicine. Carlos Juan Finlay was born in Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey), Cuba, on December 3, 1833.
Jun 1, 1989 · Carlos J. Finlay was born in Camaguey, Cuba, Dec. 3, 1833, to Edward Finlay, a Scottish physician, and Eliza de Barres, a Frenchwoman born in Trinidad. He graduated in 1855 with an M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, where he was noted as persistent and patient.
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Carlos Finlay | Thomas Jefferson University Archives. Since its first documented case in the 17th century, a great mystery surrounded yellow fever. What was its cause? Theories included "fomites"...