Julio Afrânio Peixoto, Brazilian psychiatrist and coroner (Lençois, Bahia State 17 December 1876 – Rio de Janeiro 12 January 1947)

Internationally known as criminologist 

Authored 15 psychiatric works

His thesis Epilepsia e crime (1898), aroused great interest in foreign scientific circles

Sugested a protocol for autopsies like that of  Virchow. Two great names of forensic medicine Locard and Lombroso praised Peixoto’s protocol   

Inspeção de naso-faringe por um novo processo de autópsia. Gaz. Med. Bahia, 1901

Established a criterion for characterize the symptoms of paranoia

With J. Moreira. Paranoia e os syndromes paranoides. Brasil Medico (1904) & Arq. Bras. Psiq. Neurol. Cie. Afins 1(1):5-33, 1905  

Authored works with international repercussion

With J. Moreira. La paranoia legitime, son origine et nature (1905) 

Novos rumos da medicina legal (1932)

Criminologia (1933)

Sexologia forense (1934)