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          Vital Brazil (1865-1950) was a Brazilian physician, sanitarian and researcher. A pioneer in the study of toxins, he developed the antivenom serum for the treatment of venomous animal bites (snakes, scorpions and spiders).

          Vital Brazil Mineiro de Campanha was born in Campanha, Minas Gerais, on April 28, 1865.

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          5. Son of José Manoel dos Santos Pereira Júnior and Mariana Carolina Pereira de Magalhães, he was the eldest of eight siblings. A curious fact is that his father did not give his children his surname, for each one he created a surname, depending on the place of birth, such as: Vital Brasil Mineiro de Campanha, Maria Gabriela do Vale de Sapucaí and Eunice Peregrina de Caldas.

          Training

          Vital Brasil did his first studies in the city of Caldas under the guidance of a Presbyterian master.

          In 1880, aged 15, he moved with his family to São Paulo. In 1886, after completing his preparatory studies, he went to Rio de Janeiro and entered the Faculty of Medicine.

          In 1891, shortly after gra