Geburtsdatum | Mittwoch, 28. Dezember 1870 |
Geburtsort | Saladillo |
Todesdatum | Freitag, 21. November 1902 |
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Beschreibung | 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. A victim of tuberculosis, he died while studying in France in 1902 at the age of 31. |
