He proposed an unprecedented, radical theory, which was greeted with great skepticism by the leading medical and scientific authorities of the time. But Carlos Juan Finlay, a physician and epidemiologist born in Camaguey, Cuba, in 1833, persisted in his research. Finlay’s father was Scottish and his mother was French. He was educated in France, Philadelphia, and… Continue reading Latinx MD Diagnoses Yellow Fever
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Manuel Ricardo Palma Soriano, 1833 – 1919
February 7, 1833 is the birthday of the prolific Peruvian writer, historian and politician, Manuel Ricardo Palma Soriano (1833 – 1919). One of his most famous works is Tradiciones Peruanas, written in the tradiciones literary genre. Tradiciones are short stories that combine history and fiction, similar to the English-language historical fiction genre, and are written… Continue reading Manuel Ricardo Palma Soriano, 1833 – 1919