Alejandro Posadas (December 28, 1870 – November 21, 1902) was an Argentine physician and surgeon specializing in pediatric surgery. He was the first person to film an operation and brought the first x-ray to the country of Argentina.
Posadas was the first person to describe coccidioidomycosis (later known as Posadas Disease) and Coccidioides posadasii was named after him.Alejandro Posadas first describes coccidioidomycosis (Taxonomy). Retrieved 2016-01-18
A victim of tuberculosis, he died while studying in France in 1902 at the age of 31.
Legacy Hospital Nacional Dr. Alejandro Posadas in Moron, Argentina, is named after him.
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