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)

Um caso interessante de asphyxia mecânica pelo leite (1927)

Contribuição médico-legal para a dosagem colorimétrica do sulfocianeto nas manchas de saliva. Ann. Fac. Med. Univ. s. Paulo 11(2):177-87, 1935

HONOURS

Doctor Honoris Causa, National College of Toronto, Canadá

Correspondent Member, The National Geographic Society of Washington

Chevalier des Palmes Academiques, France