Miguel Osório de Almeida

Miguel Osório de Almeida (September 1, 1890 – December 2, 1952, both in

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) was a noted

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ian

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and

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, brother of another scientist, Álvaro Osório de Almeida, both considered the ''fathers'' of modern

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in Brazil. He studied

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at the Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro which presently is part of the

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. He was the chairman of physiology of the School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Rio de Janeiro and of the

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, the dean of the Universidade do Rio de Janeiro and member of the

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. He was author or co-author of several important studies on

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. He received the "Einstein Award" by the

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and the "Sicard Prize" by the French Academy of Medicine in

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. He was also one of the inspirers of the foundation of the Brazilian Society of Physiology (1957) and a member of the

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