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 * Early Life**
 * Carlos was born on December 3, 1833 (Wikipedia).
 * He graduated from Jefferson Medical Hospital, In Philadelphia (Wikipedia).
 * He has also studied in France (Fact Monster).
 * His original name was Juan Carlos Finlay (Wikipedia).
 * His original name was Juan Carlos Finlay (Wikipedia).


 * Career**
 * First to theorize that mosquitoes caused yellow fever in 1881 (Wikipedia).
 * His life work was to study yellow fever in Havana (Fact Monster).
 * When he announced that mosquitoes caused the deadly disease, other scientists did not believe him and called him names (Latinos in History).
 * His theory was proved by Walter Reed Commission (Wikipedia).
 * Was a part of Havanas Royal Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences (Wikipedia).
 * Wrote articles on many subjects but his favorite subject was yellow fever (Wikipedia).
 * He treated patients who could not afford medical care (Wikipedia).
 * In Cuba, he served, in 1902 to 1909, as chief health officer (Fact Monster).
 * He died from a stroke in Havana, Cuba (Wikipedia).
 * Yellow fever had no known cure for years, until he and another physician, Walter Reed proved mosquitoes were the cause and found a cure (Latinos in History).
 * He created a vaccine to cure yellow fever (Latinos in History).
 * Yellow fever killed a lot of people (Latinos in History).
 * He was from french and Scottish decent (Wikipedia).

"Carlos Juan Finlay." // Finlay, Carlos Juan //. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2014. .
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"Carlos Juan Finlay." // Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Apr. 2014. Web. 01 May 2014. .
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"Hispanic Heritage Discovery History Makers Born Before 1900." // Hispanic Heritage Discovery History Makers Born Before 1900 //. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2014. .
 * This is a good place to find info because it is well known.


 * Spanish Essay**

This essay is about Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay and what he has done for the disease, yellow fever. Yellow fever is a deadly disease that has killed a lot of people for years. This disease had no known cure for over 100 years (Latinos in History). When Finlay had discovered the cause of the disease in 1881, the mosquito, other scientists did not believe him (Latinos in History). They had called Finlay names but that had pushed him further to proving the disease was from mosquitoes. Dr. Finlay had worked hard to find the cure and prove that what Finlay had predicted with another scientist, Walter Reed, was correct. When Finlay and Reed had proved mosquitoes where the cause of the deadly disease, they where important in Cuba.

Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay was born on December 3, 1833,in Camaguey. Dr. Finlay's family was from French and Scottish decent. In 1847, Finlay was sent to Germany to begin his elementary studies, and later to France, where his father had studied medicine. Finlay learned to speak French, German, Spanish, English and could read Latin (Wikipedia). Finlay's original name was Juan Carlos Finlay, but later changed his name to Carlos Juan Finlay (Wikipedia). He finished his studies in Havana and Paris (Wikipedia). Finlay had interests and wrote about subjects involving leprosy, cholera, gravity, and plant diseases but Finlay's favorite was about yellow fever. Finlay has graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1853, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Wikipedia).

Finlay's life goal was to study yellow fever in Havana, prove that mosquitoes were the cause of yellow fever, and find a cure for the dangerous disease. Finlay had first decided to study the mosquito while praying the rosary and Finlay noticed a mosquito flying in his room. Yellow fever had no known cure for over 100 years and killed thousands of people (Latinos in History). Finlay was the first to theorize that mosquitoes were the cause of the disease in 1881. In June of that same year, Finlay studied the mosquito with other volunteers. Finlay performed 102 tests on the volunteers trying to find a cure. (Wikipedia). There, Finlay learned that once you are infected and survive, you will be immune with the disease. While studying the mosquito, Finlay discovered that Culex and Aedes aegptia mosquitoes spread yellow fever. Then Finlay discovered, while studying the female mosquito, that they infect healthy people when the mosquito is pregnant and that yellow fever is contagious only in the first 3 days of illness. Other scientists and physicians did not believe him and called him names (Latinos in History). But the scientists and physicians teasing and calling him names just pushed him forward and motivated him to prove and find a cure for yellow fever that was caused by mosquitoes. He began to study more about the deadly disease. Until one day, Finlay and his partner, Walter reed, was focused on finding a cure and Finlay and Reed created a vaccine to cure sick people that have been infected.

When was proved that Finlay had been right all along, many mosquito control programs were introduced at many countries like Cuba and Panama where yellow fever caused many deaths and the disease was brought under control.

However, Dr. Finlay's theories was not recognized until 1954, 39 years after Dr. Finlay's death. Then later the International Congress of Medical History granted him the proper credit. After Finlay's work of proving and finding a cure for yellow fever, Finlay worked from 1902 to1909 as the chief health officer of Cuba until Finlay decided to retire (Fact Monster). Finlay was nominated 7 times for the Nobel Prize in physiology or Medicine, but Finlay has never won ( Wikipedia).