Louis-Daniel Beauperthuy
Louis-Daniel Beauperthuy (25 August 1808 – 3 September 1871) was a French physician who made important contributions to the study of the causes of infectious diseases such as yellow fever, malaria, and leprosy.[1][2] He was the first to systematically argue that malaria and yellow fever were transmitted by mosquitos.[3]
Beauperthuy was born in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France. He studied medicine at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, and obtained his M.D. in 1837. He was immediately appointed by the Paris Museum of Natural History as a "Travelling Naturalist" to work in Orinico, Venezuela. His primary duty was to study the prevalent diseases in the area. He was the Director of the Leper Hospital in Demerara in British British Guiana till his death.[1]
References
- ^ a b Agramonte, Aristides (1908). "An Account of Dr. Louis-Daniel Beauperthuy". The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 158 (25): 927–930. doi:10.1056/NEJM190806181582501.
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- ^ Agramonte, A (2001). "The inside history of a great medical discovery. 1915". Military Medicine. 166 (9 Suppl): 68–78. PMID 11569397.