Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha
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S 23° 34.063 W 046° 43.190
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Bust of the Brazilian scientist. Part of nine busts in the Museu de Microbiologia in Sao Paulo.
Waymark Code: WM1APV
Location: Brazil
Date Posted: 03/17/2007
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Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha was a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist, internationally renowned for the discovery of the polyvalent anti-ophidic serum used to treat bítes of venomous snakes of the Crotalus, Bothrops and Elaps genera. He went on to be also the first to develop anti-scorpion and anti-spider serums. He was the founder of the Butantan Institute, a research center located in São Paulo, which was the first in the world dedicated exclusively to basic and applied toxinology, the science of venomonous animals
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