Background
PEREIRA FILHO, Manuel José was born on February 10, 1888 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
PEREIRA FILHO, Manuel José was born on February 10, 1888 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Educated Ginásio Sâo Pedro. Pharmacist, University de Porto Alegre, 1907, Doctor of Medicine, 1910. Special studies in microbiology and medical. zoology, Institute Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 1913-1914, in collapsotherapy for pulmonar tuberculosis, Sanatorio Belem, 1942.
Professor; professor, of microbiology, 1914, professor., 1919, acting professor, of tropical medicine, 1931, member tech, administrative board, 1934, 1941, professor., course of military epidemiology sponsored by ministry of war, 1942, acting director of school, 1943. Director, 9th section, hospital Santa Casa, 1915, director of ward bearing his father’s name, 1931. Founder, Institute Pereira Filho, 1916.
Chief, sect, of parasitology, Institute Oswaldo Cruz, Porto Alegre, 1915. Chief, biology laboratory, Institute Borges de Medeiros, 1918, tech, consultant of institute, 1920. Bacteriologist, state board of hygiene, 1920.
It. colonel, 2d class, reserve medical. corps, 1921. Director, medical. infirmary, Hospital da Society Portuguesa de Beneficência, 1926. Associate director, internat, review Mycopathologia, published in Holland.
Acting president, Sanatorio Belem, since 1934. Vice-president, 2d national congress of tuberculosis, Porto Alegre, 1941.
Member: Society de Medicina de Porto Alegre, Société de Medecine et d’Hygiene Tropicales (Paris), Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Microscopie Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mycological Society of American, Brazilian Red Cross (Rio Grande do Sul). Member Society de Medicina e Cirurgia (Rio de Janeiro). Member Society de Tisiologia (Rio Grande do Sul), Society Brasileira de Tuberculose (Rio de Janeiro).