Talk:Carlos Finlay

message: Going through Distributed Proofreaders now (July 2008): THE HISTORY OF CUBA BY WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON VOLUME FOUR NEW YORK B. F. BUCK & COMPANY, INC. 156 FIFTH AVENV 1920 has the following on the page after 172
CARLOS J. FINLAY
Born at Camaguey on December 3, 1833, of English parents,
and dying on August 20, 1915, Dr. Carlos J. Finlay left a name
which greatly adorns the science of Cuba and which occupied a
conspicuous place on the roster of the benefactors of humanity.
He was educated in France and at the Jefferson Medical College in
Philadelphia, and rose to eminence in his profession. He first of
all men propounded the theory that Stegomiya fasciata mosquito
was the active and sole agent in the communication of yellow fever,
and personally, under the Governorship of Leonard Wood, demonstrated
the correctness of that theory and thus freed Cuba from
its most dreaded pestilence and blazed the way for a like achievement
in all other lands. For this epochal service to the world
many foreign governments bestowed distinctions and decorations
upon him. Though technically retaining the British citizenship
with which his father endowed him, he devoted his life to Cuba and
filled with high efficiency the place of chief of the Bureau of
Sanitation.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gcutter (talk • contribs) 19:52, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proofreaders 

message: Neildorgan (talk) 03:32, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright problem

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: I believe it is justifiable to link the article to Cuba, the country, as Finlay is from there. The link I added was removed. Is there a reason why? There are references to Cubans (people) and Havana, but not the country proper. Thermofan (talk) 08:26, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link article to Cuba 

message: It's not exactly an official medal, more of a bit of corporate marketing. 86.130.40.127 (talk) 06:09, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is a Google Doodle really an "honour"? 

message: He was also featured on a 5c. stamp issued in 1934 2A00:23C5:FC8D:3501:6DC8:A3BB:569F:2AC0 (talk) 15:55, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Postage stamp