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Alejandro Posadas

Argentine physician (1870–1902) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alejandro Posadas
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Alejandro Posadas (December 28, 1870 – November 21, 1902) was an Argentine 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.

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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.

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Legacy

Hospital Nacional Dr. Alejandro Posadas in Moron, Argentina, is named after him.[2]

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