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= Juan Carlos Finlay =
 * Founded the cure for yellow fever (Wikipedia).
 * Born on December, 3 1833 (Wikipedia).
 * Died of a stoke on August, 20 1915 (Wikipedia).
 * Lived in Havana(Wikipedia).
 * Made the theory that the mosquito brought yellow fever (Wikipedia).
 * Became the Chief health officer in Cuba during the early 1900's (Wikipedia).
 * Member of Havana's Royal Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Science (Wikipedia).
 * Fluent in French, German, Spanish, English, and Latin (Wikipedia).
 * Wrote articles on many different subjects such as leprosy, and gravity (Wikipedia).
 * Has a prize named in his honor (Wikipedia).
 * Nominated for the Nobel prize in Physiology or medicine 7 times (Wikipedia).
 * Received the national Legion of Honor award of 1908 (Wikipedia).

Juan Carlos Finlay is a special Latino in history. Juan Carlos Finlay was born on December, 3 1833 in Havana, Cuba. Juan Carlos Finlay is from a french and Scottish descent. Throughout his childhood he was always interested in medicine and science. In 1855 he graduated from Jefferson medical College and opened a medical practice. He would then go on to get many achievements. In 1881 he was the first to come up with the theory that mosquitoes carried the deadly organism that caused a sickness know as yellow fever. He used 102 volunteers to show that his hypothesis was true and the ability to see if you could be immune to this disease. With his help scientists finally defeated yellow fever. His theory was proved to be true by Walter Reed. Reed may have been given the credit for beating yellow fever but he gives the credit to Finlay for his discovery. People consider Finlay's discovery to be a great step forward for humanity.//(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia)//

Shortly after his discovery he became the Chief Medical Officer in Cuba. He held this position for 8 of his 20 years. After this he wrote many different theories about things like leprosy. In the municipality of Mariano he has monument of a syringe that honors his great achievement. Finlay was a member of Havana's royal Academy in medical and physical sciences. His main interest was yellow fever, which he had 40 articles on. Another theory about yellow fever is than a intermediary host was responsible for the spread of the disease. He was also fluent in French, German, Spanish, and English. He also was one of the few who took in people who were to poor to afford other doctors. He was nominated for the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine, and while never receiving it he did win the French Legion of Honor award. He was also honored with the Google reward on the 3rd of December in 2013. The UNESCO Carlos J. Finlay Prize for microbiology. Inadvertently his theory helped the construction of the panama canal. This is because about 10% of the workers on the canal died from yellow fever each year. //(Carlos Finlay Wikipedia)//

Carlos Finlay was a great man. He found the answer to yellow fever and even when no one believed him he proved them wrong. From this he has won many awards and even has a monument to remember what he did. Born in 1833 and died of a stroke in 1915. Between that time period he concluded 20 years of professional work. //(Carlos J. Finlay)// Bibliography ** : **

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