Francisco Javier de Balmis, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish physician
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About Francisco Javier de Balmis
- Francisco Javier de Balmis (2 December 1753 – 12 February 1819) was a Spanish physician who headed an 1803 expedition to Spanish America to vaccinate the populations against smallpox..
- His expedition is considered one of the most important events in the history of medicine and has inspired for example Dr.
- Carlos Canseco, President of Rotary International, to start the world wide program Polio Plus to eradicate the polio disease.
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