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#ThrowbackThurday
137 years ago, to the day, Carlos J. Finlay, Cuban physician and researcher was born. He discovered that #YellowFever is transmitted by the mosquito #AedesAegiptis. In his honor @opsoms established December 3 as #DiaDelMedico in #Latinoamerica
137 years ago, to the day, Carlos J. Finlay, Cuban physician and researcher was born. He discovered that #YellowFever is transmitted by the mosquito #AedesAegiptis. In his honor @opsoms established December 3 as #DiaDelMedico in #Latinoamerica
Juan Carlos Finlay y de Barrés was born in Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey), Cuba to Scottish-born Dr. Edward (Eduardo) Finlay and French-born Elisa (Isabel) de Barrés.
A graduate of @JeffersonUniv, #Philadelphia (1855), he returned to #Cuba, where he practiced medicine in #Havana.
