Comments on: Carlos Finlay: Cuban Physician Who Identified Carrier of Yellow Fever https://americacomesalive.com/carlos-juan-finlay-cuban-physician-solved-mystery-yellow-fever-made-panama-canal-possible/ Quick Takes and Popular Postings about America's Past Sun, 17 Sep 2023 18:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kate Kelly https://americacomesalive.com/carlos-juan-finlay-cuban-physician-solved-mystery-yellow-fever-made-panama-canal-possible/#comment-428284 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 01:01:36 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=6541#comment-428284 In reply to John R. Pierce, MD.

Thank you so much for your comments. I appreciate that you took the time to let me know. I will go back and straighten out what I’ve got wrong.

I would love to know the books that you recommend and will email you in case that’s easier for you.

]]> By: John R. Pierce, MD https://americacomesalive.com/carlos-juan-finlay-cuban-physician-solved-mystery-yellow-fever-made-panama-canal-possible/#comment-428283 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 23:31:56 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=6541#comment-428283 I don’t know much about what happened in Panama but I do about Cuba. There are a number of factual mistakes in this article. The cause of yellow fever is a virus not the mosquito that is the vector of transmission. Finlay had nothing to do with identifying the mosquito as the carrier of malaria that was done by Ross and his mentor Munson. The Reed Board or Commission was formed in May, 1900 and Finlay was not a member. Reed and James Carroll traveled to Cuba in June 1900 as the other two members (Agramonte and Lazear) were already there. Finlay had the theory of mosquito transmission but had been unable to convincing prove it. Reed and his Board did that in 1900 with experiments on human volunteers. There are several factual books on the subject I can recommend to you.

]]> By: Kate Kelly https://americacomesalive.com/carlos-juan-finlay-cuban-physician-solved-mystery-yellow-fever-made-panama-canal-possible/#comment-272821 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 00:49:15 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=6541#comment-272821 In reply to P.

Thank you… that is certainly possible as he believed in what he was doing.

]]> By: P https://americacomesalive.com/carlos-juan-finlay-cuban-physician-solved-mystery-yellow-fever-made-panama-canal-possible/#comment-272395 Mon, 08 Aug 2016 03:18:16 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=6541#comment-272395 I read in a science book in cuba that said he injeceted the vaccine (cure) for yellow fever into his own family (sons) infront of people so they can know they wont get sick and they wern’t dieing.

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