New Delhi: Google celebrated the 180th birth anniversary of Cuban physician and scientist Carlos Juan Finlay through a doodle today.
Carlos Juan Finlay was born on December 3, 1833 in Puerto Principe, Cuba and is best known for having theorized that yellow fever is spread via mosquitoes.
His contribution to medical science was highly admired as he propounded the etiology of yellow fever - its causes and origins. During his time, yellow fever was considered to be a serious disease in Havana.
The doodle shows Finlay's face amongst stagnant water where mosquitoes generally breed and the leaves form the word Google.
Finlay attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1855. After completing his studies he started his own medical practice in Havana.
For his contribution, Carlos Juan Finlay was nominated seven times for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Finlay passed away at the age of 81 at his home in Havana, Cuba from a seizure induced stroke in August 1915.
