Fernando Alberto Defilló Meriño, Dominican tropical physician (Puerto Plata 27 February 1874 – Santo Domingo 29 October 1949)

Performed first staining of Monilia  

Introduced improvements to neurohistological technique

Contribución a las técnicas de laboratório no argentinas del tejido nervioso. Rev. Med. Domin.3(2):5-7, 1948

Discovered disinfectant properties of vapours of thyme, shin and cloves

Discovered the curative properties of amamu (Petiveria alliacea)

Isolated an alkaloid with anti-tetanic properties

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

El origen de la sífilis. An. Univ. Santo Domingo 15(53-6):147-61, 1950

Discutibilidad del contagio absoluto de la lepra. An. Univ. Santo Domingo 13(45-6):133-9, 1948

Le traitement de la lepre dans la Republique Dominicaine. Presse Med. 3-4:363, 1926

Antisepsia intestinal. Thesis

HONOURS

Honorary Professor, Instituto de Psicologia de Lisboa, Portugal (1909)

Diploma, Institute de Cancer de Paris (1928)