Oswaldo Cruz father-in-law, a wealthy Portuguese merchant. Cruz found the seaport of Santos ravaged by an epidemic of bubonic plague that threatened to reach Rio de Janeiro and engaged himself immediately in the combat of this disease. The mayor of Rio de Janeiro authorized the construction of a plant for manufacturing the serum against the disease which had been developed at the Pasteur Institute by Alexandre Yersin and coworkers. He asked the institution for a scientist who could bring to Brazil this know-how. The Pasteur Institute responded that such a person was already available in Brazil: Dr. Oswaldo Cruz. On May 25,
London South Collegiate Institute was named - in memory of his father - the "James A. Giffen Memorial Field". London South Collegiate Institute London South Collegiate Institute (also known as S.C.I., South Secondary, or simply South) is a public high school in London, Ontario, Canada, located at 371 Tecumseh Avenue East. "South" is administered by the Thames Valley District School Board. Approximately 600 students attend the school in grades 9-12, which offers a co-op program. There is also a program for gifted students called the "Academy Program". The school colours are garnet and grey and the school mascot is the lion. "South" is known