Wednesday, March 18, 2015
CARLOS JUAN FINLAYS 180th BIRTHDAY
I know there is no special mention of Biology in my blog but there is a label called SCIENCE! And so notable things must be mentioned.
TODAY IS CARLOS JUAN FINLAYS 180th BIRTHDAY.
While most of the science loving nerds would be aware of who he was, here is a brief description.
Finlay was born in Cuba on December 3rd 1833, by birth he had Scottish and French descents.In 1853,he attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.He graduated in 1855, and completed his studies in Havana and in Paris. Afterwards he settled in Havana and opened a medical practice.
Finlays work, carried out during the 1870s, finally came to prominence in 1900. He was the first to theorize, in 1881, that a mosquito was a carrier, now known as a disease vector, of the organism causing yellow fever, a mosquito that bites a victim of the disease could subsequently bite and thereby infect a healthy person.A year later Finlay identified a mosquito of the genus Aedes as the organism transmitting yellow fever. His theory was followed by the recommendation to control the mosquito population as a way to control the spread of the disease.
Dr. Finlay was a member of Havanas Royal Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences. He was fluent in French,German,Spanish and English, and could read Latin.His interests were widespread and he wrote articles on subjects as varied as leprosy,cholera,gravity and plant diseases. But his main interest was yellow fever, and he was the author of 40 articles on this disease. His theory that an intermediary host was responsible for the spread of the disease was treated with ridicule for years. A humane man, he often took on patients who could not afford medical care. As a result of his work, Dr. Finlay was nominated seven times for the Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine, but it was never awarded to him. (POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF DOING THE "CRIME" OF BEING BORN AS A CUBAN - A LATIN AMERICAN!)
He received the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France in 1908.
Finlay died on 20 August 1915 from a stroke caused by severe brain seizures in his home in Havana, Cuba.
VERDICTS UNCOVERED
NO NOBLE FOR NOBLE DISCOVERIES FOR BELONGING TO A COMMUNIST COUNTRY. THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOUR HAS BEEN PREVALENT TO THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA IN FIELDS OF LITERATURE. FEW PEOPLE THINK,EVEN FEWER THINK TO DO SOMETHING, AND THE LEAST DO. NO ONE
EVEN KNOWS ABOUT THESE FACTS - ITS LIKE THEY ARE HAPPENING BUT THE FACTS STAY HIDDEN AND PEOPLE DO NOT COME TO KNOW.
VERDICTS UNSEEN
BUT ITS PEOPLES MEMORY THAT MATTERS YOU KNOW - A LOT MORE THAN ANY AWARD IN THE WORLD. PEOPLE WHO WILL GO TO STUDY AND EARN EXPERTISE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD ARE ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER DR.FINLAY. AND I GUESS THATS WHAT A SCIENTIST WANTS IS A "HATS OFF".(Courtesy to Bengali Author and Science Scholar Narayan Sanyal) AND THAT PEOPLE IN THE BRANCH OF SCIENCE WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO DO IT FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION IN THIS FIELD.
Data Credit : Wikipedia
(Data Credit is that of Wikipedia. Verdicts and other written parts belong to The Perspectives.)
TODAY IS CARLOS JUAN FINLAYS 180th BIRTHDAY.
While most of the science loving nerds would be aware of who he was, here is a brief description.
Carlos Juan Finlay
Finlay was born in Cuba on December 3rd 1833, by birth he had Scottish and French descents.In 1853,he attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.He graduated in 1855, and completed his studies in Havana and in Paris. Afterwards he settled in Havana and opened a medical practice.
Finlays work, carried out during the 1870s, finally came to prominence in 1900. He was the first to theorize, in 1881, that a mosquito was a carrier, now known as a disease vector, of the organism causing yellow fever, a mosquito that bites a victim of the disease could subsequently bite and thereby infect a healthy person.A year later Finlay identified a mosquito of the genus Aedes as the organism transmitting yellow fever. His theory was followed by the recommendation to control the mosquito population as a way to control the spread of the disease.
Dr. Finlay was a member of Havanas Royal Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences. He was fluent in French,German,Spanish and English, and could read Latin.His interests were widespread and he wrote articles on subjects as varied as leprosy,cholera,gravity and plant diseases. But his main interest was yellow fever, and he was the author of 40 articles on this disease. His theory that an intermediary host was responsible for the spread of the disease was treated with ridicule for years. A humane man, he often took on patients who could not afford medical care. As a result of his work, Dr. Finlay was nominated seven times for the Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine, but it was never awarded to him. (POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF DOING THE "CRIME" OF BEING BORN AS A CUBAN - A LATIN AMERICAN!)
He received the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France in 1908.
Finlay died on 20 August 1915 from a stroke caused by severe brain seizures in his home in Havana, Cuba.
VERDICTS UNCOVERED
NO NOBLE FOR NOBLE DISCOVERIES FOR BELONGING TO A COMMUNIST COUNTRY. THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOUR HAS BEEN PREVALENT TO THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA IN FIELDS OF LITERATURE. FEW PEOPLE THINK,EVEN FEWER THINK TO DO SOMETHING, AND THE LEAST DO. NO ONE
EVEN KNOWS ABOUT THESE FACTS - ITS LIKE THEY ARE HAPPENING BUT THE FACTS STAY HIDDEN AND PEOPLE DO NOT COME TO KNOW.
VERDICTS UNSEEN
BUT ITS PEOPLES MEMORY THAT MATTERS YOU KNOW - A LOT MORE THAN ANY AWARD IN THE WORLD. PEOPLE WHO WILL GO TO STUDY AND EARN EXPERTISE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD ARE ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER DR.FINLAY. AND I GUESS THATS WHAT A SCIENTIST WANTS IS A "HATS OFF".(Courtesy to Bengali Author and Science Scholar Narayan Sanyal) AND THAT PEOPLE IN THE BRANCH OF SCIENCE WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO DO IT FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION IN THIS FIELD.
Data Credit : Wikipedia
(Data Credit is that of Wikipedia. Verdicts and other written parts belong to The Perspectives.)
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