title: Evocation to the Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Barres on the centennial of his death.
abstract: About the editorial of the Professor Guillermo Llanos: "Carlos J. Finlay: the forgotten Pasteur of America", a hundred years after his death and through a documental review, a summary of the life and work of this great man of science was conducted. Finlay was a notable figure of the American medicine, he conceived a new infection way able to explain the propagation of the yellow fever, and added the possibility of their scientific confirmation by an experimental method. For all the above-mentioned Finlay was recognized as the humanity's benefactor.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Radiología. Hospital Pediátrico de Matanzas. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Cuba.
authors.forename: Víctor Guillermo
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Ferreira Moreno
mesh_terms: D003462:Cuba; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000266:history* / Q000635:transmission
keywords: Carlos J. Finlay; discovery; history of the medicine; yellow fever