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Dr.Carlos Finlay was born on December 3rd 1833. When he was older he reversed his name to Carlos Juan. His name was origionaly Juan Carlos.
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Carlos attended The Jefferson Medical Colledge in Philidalphia,Pennsylvania.
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He graduated while also comleting his studies in Havana, and in Paris. After that he setteled in Havana and opened up a medical practice.
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Dr.Carlos Finlays work was carried out around the 1870s, but was finally more recognized in or around the 1900s.
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He was the first to theorize that in 1881 a mosquito was a carrier of the disease called "Yellow Fever" now known as a disease Vector carring "Yellow Fever". Which is why he mainly studied Msquitos and the diease "Yellow Fever".
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A year later he identified that a mosquito of the Genus Andes as the organism transmitting the "Yellow Fever". His theory was followed by the recommendation to control the mosuito population,as a way to control the diease from spreading.
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In 1900 His hypothesis and proofs were confirmed nearly 20 years later by the Walter Reed Commission in 1900.
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Dr.Carlos Finlay later went on to become the cheif health officer of Cuba from 1902 to 1909.
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Around 1909 is when Dr.Carlos finlay completed being the "Chief Health Officer" of Cuba.
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On August 21,1915 He died from a stroke at his home in Havana,Cuba he was 81yrs old.
