Vital Brazil
Brazilian physician
Died when: 85 years 10 days (1020 months)Star Sign: Taurus

Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha, known as Vital Brazil (Portuguese pronunciation: [vitaw b?aziw];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 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 toxicology, the science of venomous animals.
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