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Vital brazil biography of mahatma
Vital Brazil
Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist, and immunologist (1865–1950)
Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha, known as Vital Brazil (April 28, 1865 – May 8, 1950), was a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist, known for the discovery of the polyvalent anti-ophidic serum used to treat bites of venomoussnakes 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 toxicology, the science of venomous animals.[1][2]
Life
Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha was born on April 28, 1865, in the town of Campanha, in the state of Minas Gerais, Southeastern of the Empire of Brazil.
His father gave him this curious name in homage to the country, the state and the city where he was born, as well as from th