J. Finlay', created by the Revolutionary Government in eternal homage to the men who contributed to the advance of the sciences in Cuba. National Commission of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Cuba. Havana, 13 June 1962." In the municipality of Marianao, now within the city of Havana, there is a monument in the shape of a syringe, honoring Finlay and usually referred to as El Obelisco (The Obelisk). Finlay was also commemorated on a 1981 Cuban stamp. A statue commemorating Finlay is located on the bayfront in Panama City, near the canal he helped make possible. The UNESCO Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology is named in his honor. Finlay was honoured with a Google Doodle on December 3, 2013, on the 180th anniversary of his birth. Carlos J. Finlay Military Hospital is named after him. The Finlay Institute for Vaccines (Instituto Finlay de Vacunas, in Spanish), created in 1991, is named after him. See also Healthcare in Cuba Health measures during the construction of the Panama Canal Footnotes References bkfa Pierce J.R., J, Writer. 2005. Yellow Jack: How Yellow Fever Ravaged America and Walter Reed Discovered its Deadly Secrets. John Wiley and Sons. Crosby, M.C. 2006. The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History. Berkley Books. Jefferson Medical College hosted an international symposium celebrating accomplishments of Dr. Carlos Finlay Yellow Fever, A Symposium in Commemoration of Carlos Juan Finlay, 1955. External links Carlos Juan Finlay article from Encyclopedia of World Biography Carlos J. Finlay article from Encyclopaedia Britannica Carlos Juan Finlay article from The American Academy of Ophthalmology Yellow fever 1833 births 1915 deaths Walter Reed Cuban scientists Cuban epidemiologists Cuban people of Scottish descent Cuban people of French descent People from Camagüey Jefferson Medical College alumni Cuban ophthalmologists