Arnaldo Amado Ferreira, Brazilian coroner (Teófilo Ottoni, Minas Gerais State 20 April 1896 – São Paulo 26 June 1975)

Authored over 250 scientific works

Authored Da técnica medico-legal na investigação forense (1962) in which are most of his innovatives techniques that were successfully used in another countries and quoted a number of times by foreign authors

Amado Ferreira test for verifying blood spots (4% solution of benzidine in lactic acid with drops of hydrogen peroxide)

HONOURS

Doctor Honoris Causa, National College of Toronto, Canadá

Correspondent Member, The National Geographic Society of Washington

Chevalier des Palmes Academiques, France