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 * Carlos Finlay was a Cuban physician and scientist that everyone considered him as a pioneer for the search of the cure of the yellow fever.(Wikipedia)
 * He was born on December 3, 1833(Wikipedia)
 * He was born in Puerto Principe, Cuba.(Wikipedia)
 * In 1853 he attended the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.(Wikipedia)
 * He graduated in 1855 and finished his studies in Paris, France.(Wikipedia)
 * He believed that the yellow fever was spread by mosquitoes.(Wikipedia)
 * He was a french and Cuban descendant.(FactMonster)
 * He studied in France.(FactMonster)
 * he attended the M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1855.(FactMonster)
 * He specified the genus Stegomyia. (FactMonster)
 * Yellow Fever is a fatal disease that is spread around by mosquitoes in warm climates and characterized by liver damage and jaundice.(FactMonster)
 * He spent most on his fathers coffee plantation. Then went off to study.(bookrags)
 * The scientific world didnt accept his result that the mosquitoes was the vector of the yellow fever for decades until 1901 the scientific world did accept his observation and made a vaccine for this deadly fever.(BookRag)

Ethan Ostrander April 30, 2014

Spanish 6LA2

Carlos Juan Finlay was born December 3,1833 and born in Puerto Principe, Cuba.(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia). His family was really poor for the time. He spent most of his early life on a plantation farm with his father. Then he went of to school to study.(Carlos Finlay BookRags). He attended the Jefferson Medical Collage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1853 then finished his studies in Paris, France in 1855.(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia). Then he came back to his home country.

When he came back home he went and started researching the Yellow Fever vector. In 1881 he made a theory that the mosquito was the vector of the deadly disease.(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia).His theory was simple.The mosquito had the Yellow Fever on them. When it stung a victim the victim would get infected. The mosquito wasn't actually a mosquito it was a called a Aedes aegypti.(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia). This type of bug was part of the family of mosquitoes but wasn't one. It was genetically modified for spreading the disease.(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia). After the science comity decline his research he went off again to continue the research of the Aedes aegypti.(Carlos FInlay Wikipedia).

The Yellow Fever was a very deadly disease. It all started in Africa with a genetically altered mosquito was made.(Yellow Fever Wikipedia). The very deadly disease is transmitted by the female into a human or a subject.(Yellow Fever Wikipedia). When a the subject is bit they don't feel anything only a mosquito bite. After a few hours of being bit you can experience a fever and change in color of the skin to yellow. Then your eyes change colors to yellow the full eye will change colors. Then bleeding from the eyes, nose, and mouth. Then start experiencing muscle pain and major migraines. Then major organ failure in the whole body which can cause death.(Yellow Fever Wikipedia).

After two decades his theory was confirmed in 1900 by Walter Reed Comission.(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia). Carlos Juan Finlay went on to be the chief health officer of Cuba from 1902 to 1909.(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia). Dr.Reed was given all the glory for doing the research for the yellow fever but Dr.Reed credited Dr.Finlay for finding the vector of the Yelllow Fever and for finding a cure for it.(Carlos Juan Wikipedia). This discovery helped William C. Gorgas reduce the starting of mosquito-borne diseases in Panama.(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia). There is a memorial for his research in Panama City sometimes called the // El Obelisco // ( // The Obelisk // ). Finlay was also on a Cuban stamp in 1981.(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia).

Carlos Juan Finlay was also part of the Havana's Royal Academy of Medical, Physical, and Natural Science. He spoke many languages and fluently spoke them all like for example Spanish, English,Etc.(Carlos Juan Finlay Wikipedia). He was a very nice man in my opinion because he gave to the poor, people that had yellow fever and couldn't afford the vaccine for it he gave it to them.(Carlos Juan Finlay Wikipedia). He named mosquito man because of is many discoveries with the mosquitoes or Aedes aegypti.(Carlos Juan Finlay Wikipedia).He was honored with the President of Commissioner of Health.(Carlos Juan Finlay Wikipedia). His new job was to tackle the new job he had for the President. He had to find the vector of tetanus and find a vaccine for it.(Carlos Juan Finlay Wikipedia). After a few day he found the vector and the mortality of tetanus was laterally cut in half. After a few years he would just spend his time bthy playing chess or reading books about health.Then Carlos Juan Finlay died in August 20, 1915 (aged 81)Havana, Cuba. We honor him for his great research and his great findings on this deadly disease.

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"Carlos Juan Finlay Biography." BookRags. BookRags, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. .


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