Background
SOUZA-ARAÚJO, Heraclídes César de was born on June 24, 1886 in Imbituva, Paraná, Brazil.
SOUZA-ARAÚJO, Heraclídes César de was born on June 24, 1886 in Imbituva, Paraná, Brazil.
Educated Ginásio Nacional, Institute Oswaldo Cruz, Escola de Farmacia de Ouro Preto, 1912, University of Berlin, 1913-1914.
Professor; Chief, rural health service, 1918-1924. Chief, leprology laboratory, Institute Oswaldo Cruz, since 1927, professor., 1928-1941, chief of bacteriology section, 1945-1946. Secretary general, 4th South American conference of hygiene, microbiology and pathology, Rio'de Janeiro, 1929.
Chief, leprosy prevention bureau, state of Sâo Paulo, 1931. Secretary and service chief, International Leprology Center, Rio de Janeiro, 1934-1939. Professor, of leprology, University do Brasil, 1936-1938, national department, of health, 1942.
Brazilian delegate, 1st International Leprosy Conference, Cairo, 1938. 8th Pan-American Science Conference, Washington, 1940. President, sect, on major endemic diseases, 1st Inter-American Medical Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 1946.
Nicaraguan delegate and representative of Academy Nacional de Medicina, 2d Pan American Leprosy Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 1946. Officer, Poland Restored.
Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, 1924-1927. Member: Society Brasileira de Dermatología e Sifiligrafia, Society de Medicina do Paraná, Society de Medicina do Para, Society de Medicina e Cirurgia, do Rio de Janeiro, Society de Biología do Rio de Janeiro, Academy Nacional de Medicina. Member Asociación Argentina de Dermatología y Sifililogia, American Society of Tropical Medicine, Society das Ciencias Médicas (Lisbon), Association de la Presse Médicale Belge, Academy, de Medicina (Medellin.
Colombia); member Academy Española de Dermatología y Sifiliografia, Associaçào Médica do Parana. Society Médico-Quirúrgica (Cartagena, • Colombia), Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, International Leprosy Association (founding member), British Institute of Philosophy, Society Colombiana de Leprologia (founding member and honorary president).