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Manuel de Abreu
1894Jan, 4

Manuel de Abreu

Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and poet (d. 1962)
Manuel Dias de Abreu (January 4, 1894 – January 30, 1962) was a Brazilian physician and scientist, the inventor of abreugraphy, a rapid radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis. He is considered one of the most important Brazilian physicians, side by side with Carlos Chagas, Vital Brazil and Oswaldo Cruz.

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