Alejandro Posadas
Appearance
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Died | November 21, 1902 | (aged 31)
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Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
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Fields | Anatomy, surgery, pediatrics, parasitologist |
Institutions | University of Buenos Aires National University of Quilmes |
Alejandro Posadas (December 28, 1870 – November 21, 1902) was an Argentinian physician and surgeon specializing in pediatric surgery. He was the first person to film an operation and brought the first x-ray to the country of Argentina.
Posadas was the first person to describe coccidioidomycosis (later known as Posadas Disease) and Coccidioides posadasii was named after him.[1]
A victim of tuberculosis, he died while studying in France in 1902 at the age of 31.
References
- ^ Alejandro Posadas first describes coccidioidomycosis (Taxonomy)- Retrieved 2016-01-18
Further reading
- "Dr. Alejandro Posadas". Biografías de médicos. Ediciones Médicas. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.