Biography
Washington Hector Buño Vazquez, Uruguayan histologist (03 November 1908 – 30 March 1990)
Authored 74 papers on histology, embryology and endocrinology, 45 on history of medicine and 7 books
Discovered phagocytosis by microglia
Las relaciones entre a microglia y el sistema reticulo-endotelial. An. Fac. Med. Montevideo 18:732-47, 1933
Discovered metaplasia ossification in Mammalia (1944)
Sobre osificación de la falange ungueal y consideraciones sobre la osificación llamada metaplasica. Arch. Soc. Biol. Montevideo 12:75-88, 1946
Demonstrated special granulations in mast cells and their function
Acción “in vitro” de la cortisona sobre los mastócitos de la rata. Arch. Soc. Biol. Montevideo 20:117-19, 1953
LINKS
http://www.smu.org.uy/dpmc/hmed/historia/articulos/buno-bio-biblio.pdf (in Spanish)