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Víctor Guillermo Ferreira Moreno1
1Departamento de Radiología. Hospital Pediátrico de Matanzas. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Cuba.
Abstract:
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.