João Ramos e Silva, Brazilian dermatologist (Rio de Janeiro 11 June 1898 – 26 November 1983)

Authored over 250 works, notes, comments, conferences and book chapters

Described keratoderma marginalis volia mannum or marginal keratoderma of the palms known as Ramos e Silva disease

Queratoderma marginal das palmas. Med. Cutan. 2:27-36, 1962

Sur la “kératodermie marginal des paumes”. Ann. Dermatol. Syphil. 89:24-31, 1962 

Developed a intradermic reaction for sporotrichosis (Ramos e Silva-Padilha Gonçalves reaction)

Nota sobre o valor diagnóstico da esporotriquina. O Hospital 38:625, 1950 

Described macrocheilitis as a manifestation of paracoccidioidomycosis

With A. Padilha Gonçalves. La macrocheilite de la blastomycose. J. B. Med. 13(5):435-9, 1967  

First to observe lupus eritematosus profundus in subacute cases

With H. Portugal. Cas di Lupus érythemateux profond. Ann. Derm. Syph. 82:34, 1955

Defined clinics and diagnostic ways for South American blastomycosis

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Sobre uma forma particular de sífilis tardia das extremidades – sifilide-eritro-queratodérmica discrômica. Brasil Medico, 1929

Sobre a forma puramente cutânea da blastomicose brasileira. O Hospital 22(5):737-41, 1942

A clinical and evolutionary concept of the different aspects of leprosy. O Hospital 45:397-402, 1954

With A. Padilha Gonçalves. Sobre as formas clínicas da esporotricose. O Hospital 45:555-8, 1954

With A. Padilha Gonçalves. Sur les dyschromies des treponematoses. Ann. Dermatol. Syphil 81:491-596, 1954

L’innervation de la peau ne parait jouer aucun role dans le mécanisme de la sensibilisation de la peau au di-nitro-chlorobenzene: experiences sur des  maladies atteintes de leper anesthésique. Dermatologica 111:1-8, 1955

Eritema nodoso na lepra. Bol. Serv. Nac. Lepra 15:5-8, 1956

Peri-foliculite abscendante de Hoffmann, sua possível etiologia micótica. O Hospital 50:767, 1956

Coussinets dês phalanges “Pulvillus digiti”. Ann. Dermatol. Syphil. 83:22-33, 1956   

Incontinentia pigmenti. Dermatologica 115:623-32, 1957 

Die keratophytia nigra (tinea nigra). In: J. Jadassohn (editor). Handbuch der haut-und Geschlechtskrankheiten. Springer-Verlag, p.463-51, 1963  

Syndrome de Zinsser-Fanconi. Ann. Dermatol. Syphilgraph. 93:497-502, 1966

With R. Fleischmajer & A. Nedwich. Hyalinosis cutis et mucosae. A histochemical staining and analytical biochemical study. J. Invest. Dermatol. 52:495-503, 1969 

With M.P. Netto. Leishmanids. Int. J. Dermatol. 12:104-9, 1973

Sarna nodular e sarna nodular, sua diferenciação clínica. An. Bras. Dermatol. 52:407-14, 1977