Henrique Roxo
Henrique de Brito Belford Roxo, Brazilian psychiatrist (Rio de Janeiro 04 July 1877 – Rio de Janeiro 17 February 1969) Authored Manual de Psiquiatria (Handbook of Psychiatry) that was greeted by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1921) Described a new form of delirious psychosis that named chronic automated hallucinatory delirium Systematized chronic hallucinatory delirium. Arq. Bras. Neur. Psiq. (1913) Developed Roxo method (treatment of intermittent delirium employing intramuscular injections of atropine valerianate) Proposed a method for treating epilepsy employing bromide, luminal, belladonna and potassium boric tartrate (1925) Proposed formulations and treatments for melancholia, cenesthesia, epilepsy and schizophrenia Proposed the importance of oculo-cardiac reflex in the diagnosis of psychosis Desequilibrio vago-sympathico nas doenças mentaes. Methodo especial de diagnostico differencial pela pesquiza do reflexo oculo-cardíaco (1936) Methodo practico para facilitar a diagnose de uma doença mental. O Globo (January 28, 1935) Eponym of Cephalic jitters or Roxo disease
Henrique da Rocha Lima
Henrique da Rocha Lima, Brazilian tropical physician and anatomical pathologist (Rio de Janeiro 24 November 1879 – São Paulo 12 April 1956) ACHIEVEMENTS Described genus Rickettsia and species Rickettsia prowazeki, etiologic agent of exanthematic typhus independently from H. Topfer (1916) With M. Mayer & H. Werner performed histopathological studies on bartonellosis (1913) Recognized nature and origin of Carrión disease or bartonellosis Characterized histopathologically bartonellosis discovering intracellular localization of its etiologic agent known as Rocha Lima inclusions Described Rocha Lima lesion or sign that is a hepatic mediolobular necrosis used as post-mortem diagnosis of yellow fever Demonstrated that epizootic lymphangitis and histoplasmosis were fungal diseases (1913) Performed histopathological studies on blastomycosis (1923-4) Laid the basis of histopathological classification of blastomycosis that was widely used Demonstrated histologically birds contagious epithelioma virus Described calcium inclusions of the kidney in yellow fever (1912) before Hoffmann (1924) TECHNIQUES Developed a technique for demonstrating elementary bodies in avian bouba With H. Aragão developed a technique of bacteriological diagnosis for plague with results in 16 hours Developed a method of vital coloration Established a technique to obtain vaccine for typhus OTHERS With K.M. Silberschmidt & J. Reis authored Methoden der Virusforschungen later incorporated to Abderhalden’s Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden (1939) With Miguel Couto wrote chapters about yellow fever in Carl Mense’s Handbuch der Tropenkrankheiten (1929) and Nicola Pende’s Endocrinologia, Patologia I Clinica degli organi a secrezione interna (1923-4) HONORS/EPONYMY Bernhard Nocht Medal, Tropeninstitut (1921) Subgenus Rochanyssus Castro 1948 (Acari) Councilman-Rocha Lima corpuscles or bodies Rocha Lima test
Heinrich Rheinboldt
Heinrich Rheinboldt, German/Brazilian chemist (Karlsruhe, Baden 11 August 1891 – São Paulo 05 December 1955) The famous chemist Heinrich Caro, one of founders of BASF, was his grandfather Authored 181 publications, being 5 books Gained international recognition in complexes chemistry Developed thaw-melt method for studying binary systems in thermal analysis With K. Henning & M. Kircheisen. Eine method zur untersuchung binarer systeme. I. J. Prakt. Chem. 111:242, 1925. Reported that most of adducts were 1:1 or 1:2 compounds Zuzammensetzung und Aufbau organischer Molekulverbindung. Z. Angew. Chem. 39:765, 1926. Rheinboldt reaction Eine einfache reaktion auf sulfhydrylgruppen. Ber. 60:184-6, 1927 First to obtain selenium trioxide (1930) Prepared the first sulfenyl iodide With E. Motzkus. Chem. Ber. 72 B:657-67, 1939. Enunciated a new principle for classifying molecular organic compounds With P. Senise. Sobre um novo princípio de classificação dos compostos orgânicos moleculares. Quimica 1:3-14, 1942. Discovered with Giesbrecht, selenenyl selenocyanates, selenenylthiolates (1950), the aromatic triselenides and selenenyl sulphides (1955) Discovered new compounds such as thionitrites, thioglycerol, etc. First to systemize organic chemistry of tellurium Eponym of Rheinboldt test for oximes With E. Giesbrecht. Sobre um novo acido selenênico. Cien. Cult. 6(4):192, 1954 With G. Vicentini. Eine allgemeine methode zur Darstellung organischer Telluride. I. Mitteilungen: Symmetrische und unsymmetrische Diaryl-Telluride. Chem. Ber. 89(3):624-31, 1956 HONOURS Van’t Hoff Award, Royal Academy of Sciences of Netherlands (1936) BIBLIOGRAPHY Selecta chimica 16:5-26,1957
Hector Rodriguez Zubieta
Hector José Rodríguez Zubieta, Argentine marine and naval engineer (Buenos Aires 1929 – 23 January 2005) From Spanish parentage Gained international recognition in 1970s His shipyard Alianza raised the Argentine shipbuilding industry to the highest productivity standards in history (exported 37% of its production; over 50 vessels of many kinds) Presented creative ideas and developed revolutionary shipbuilding processes
Hans Werner Rzeppa
Hans Werner August Rzeppa, German-born Brazilian chemist and entrepneur (Breslau, Germany 11 June 1916 – São Paulo 21 August 1998) Invented lyophilization process employed to preparing anti-snake venom serum SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With Th. Wagner-Jauregg. Hemmung glykolytischer systeme durch Schwermetalle und Wiederaufhelring der Henmung. Zeitsch. f. Physiol. Chemie 243:166-72, 1936 With R. Kuhn & H. Vetter. Zur spezifitat des Lactoflavins: Ersatz der methylgruppen durch den tetramethylen. Ber. Deut. Chem. Ges. 70:1302-14, 1937 With G. Rosenfeld, L. Nahas & S. Schenberg. Hemolysis and blood concentration of sulfones in vitro. Mem. Inst. Butantan 24(2):69-76, 1952 With F.A. Berti, L.M. Zilti et al. Chemotherapy of leprosy. II. Compounds structurally related to 4,4 diaminediphenylsulfone. Chemical Studies. Rev. Bras. Leprol. 20:104-115, 1952 With G. Rosenfeld. Neutralização cruzada da atividade proteolitica de venenos ofídicos com nome antivenenos. Cien. Cult. 17:267, 1954 With L. Nahas & L. de Souza Lima. Blood Picture in sulfone treatment of leprosy. Relation with the dose and blood concentration of the drugs. Int. J. Leprol. 22(1):22-30, 1954 With G. Rosenfeld. Estudos de hemoglobinas A,S, D e F em duas famílias da raça brancacom anemia drepanocítica (falciforme). Cien. Cult. p.111, 1960 With G. Rosenfeld, E.M.A. Kelen & C.U. Junqueira. Atividade fibrinolítica de extrato de glândula submaxilar de morcego hematófago (Desmodus rotundus). Cien. Cult. 76:206-7, 1964 With L. Nahas, A.S. Kamiguti et al. Effect of heparin on the coagulant action of snake venoms. Toxicon 13:457-63, 1975 With G. Rosenfeld, E.M.A. Kelen & L.D. Vizotto. Observações sobre a ação anticoagulante da glândula salivar de sanguessuga (Haementeria brasiliensis). 9th Congr. Bras. Soc. Hemat. Hemot.
Hans Reichardt Filho
Hans Reichardt Filho, Brazilian entomologist (Santos 25 January 1939 – Campos do Jordão, São Paulo State 03 June 1976) Authored about 70 works DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA TAXA Genera Baenningeria 1976 Claudiella 1976 with Vanin Ctenobostrychus 1962 Delevea 1976 Helluobrochus 1974 Hintonia 1973 Lenopachus 1976 with Vanin Mystroceridius 1970 Scaphydra 1973 Yava 1976 with Hinton Ytu 1973 Species About 135 among Coleoptera and Dermaptera HONORS Subgenus Reichardtula Whitehead 1977 (Coleoptera)