Biography
Emilio Marcondes Ribas, Brazilian hygienist (Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo State 11 April 1862 – São Paulo 19 December 1925)
Authored notable works about alastrim and smallpox
Distinguished alastrim or variola minor from variola major or smallpox
A propósito do alastrim. Rev. Med. S. Paulo 14(16):, 1911
Authored many clinical studies and therapeutic methods employed in leprosy treatment
HONORS
Invited by Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (U.K.) to give lecture about his successful means employed against yellow fever in Brazil (1909)
Invited by French Government to participate in a medical mission against yellow fever in Martinique
Ribas-Torres disease (variola minor or alastrim)