Alejandro Posadas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alejandro Posadas

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1870

Place of Birth: Saladillo, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date of Death: 21-Nov-1902

Profession: physician, surgeon

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Alejandro Posadas (December 28, 1870 – November 21, 1902) was an Argentinian 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.A victim of tuberculosis, he died while studying in France in 1902 at the age of 31.