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'''Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha''' (b. [[April 28]], [[1865]] in [ | '''Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha''' (b. [[April 28]], [[1865]] in [[Campanha]], [[Minas Gerais]], [[Brazil]], d. [[May 8]], [[1950]])was a Brazilian [[physician]], biomedical [[scientist]] and [[immunology|immunologist]], internationally reknowned for the discovery of the polyvalent [[anti-ophidic serum]] used to treat bítes of [[venomous]] [[snake]]s of the ''Crotalus'' ([[rattlesnake]]s) and genera. He went on to be also the first to develop anti-scorpion and anti-snake serums. He was the founder of the [[Butantan Institute]], a research center located in [[São Paulo (city)|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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Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha (b. April 28, 1865 in Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil, d. May 8, 1950)was a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist, internationally reknowned for the discovery of the polyvalent anti-ophidic serum used to treat bítes of venomous snakes of the Crotalus (rattlesnakes) and genera. He went on to be also the first to develop anti-scorpion and anti-snake 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.