Visconde de Prados
Camilo Maria Ferreira Armond, visconde de Prados, Brazilian scientist (Barbacena, Minas Gerais State 07 August 1815 – Rio de Janeiro 14 August 1882) Studied and worked in France as aide-préparateur under physician Marie Guillaume Alphonse Devergie (1798-1879) His thesis, Essai sur l’etude de la vie at Academie de Medecine de Paris (1837), was acclaimed by experts Studied the flora of Rio de Janeiro State corresponding with botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868) Performed astronomical studies and published them in Tratado de Astronomia Aplicada e de Geodesia from Emmanuel Liais and in Anais do Imperial Observatório Astronômico da Corte Authored report about 1865 solar eclipse in Comptes Rendus de Academie des Sciences de Paris and annual report of Smithsonian Institute Won awards at International Gartenschau 1869 (Hamburgo) and World Fair 1876 (Philadelphia) due to quality of coffee produced in his farm Santa Sofia OFFICES President, Deputy Chamber (1864-6; 1878-82) Governor of Rio de Janeiro (1878-9) HONORS Pradosia Liais 1872 (Sapotaceae)
Vijay Kumar Patodi
Vijay Kumar Patodi, Indian mathematician (Guna, Madhya Pradesh 12 March 1945 – Mumbai 21 December 1976) Derived a formula for the index of a linear elliptic operator on a compact manifold (1971) With Atiyah & Singer introduced eta invariant, a special invariant of a compact Riemannian manifold (1973-5) First to prove local equivariant Atiyah-Singer index theorem Gave a combinatorial formula for Pontryagin classes (1976) Invited Lecturer, International Congress of Mathematicians (1974) EPONYMY Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theorem Atiyah-Bott-Patodi index theorem Atiyah-Bott-Patodi space Atiyah-Patodi-Singer invariant Patodi cancellation lemma
Victor Manuel Patiño
Victor Manuel Patiño Rodríguez, Colombian agronomist, ethnobotanist, plant geneticist and historian (Zarzal, Valle del Cauca 08 December 1912 – Cali 15 January 2001) Authored 116 publications (29 books) between them Una exploración agricola en Sudamerica (1945) Discovered Borojoa patinoi named in his honor HONORS Patinoa Cuatrecasas 1953 (Malvaceae) LINKS http://dintev.univalle.edu.co/cvisaacs/victor/obra.htm (bibliography)
Vicente Pardo Castello
Vicente Pardo Castelló, Cuban dermatologist (La Habana 06 December 1892 – Miami 21 May 1967) Introduced nails into clinical diagnosis (1936) independently of Mangin (1932) First to describe Sjogren-Larsson syndrome With H. Faz. Ichthyosis – Little’s disease. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 26:915, 1932 Described Pardo Castello congenital palmoplantar keratoderma or keratosis palmoplantar hereditária mutilans independently of Vohwinkel (1929) With J.J. Mestre. Symmetric palmar and plantar keratoderma and ainhum. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 19:154, 1929 Described diffuse leukonychia or pseudomacrolunula (1960) Eponym of Pardo Castello syndrome With F. Tiant & R. Piñeiro showed the constancy of lesions of peripheral nerve trunks in leprosy (1947) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Epilating folliculitis. Derm. Trop. 2:235, 1965 Common dermatoses in agricultural workers in the Caribbean área. Industr. Med. Surg. 31:305, 1962 With Osvaldo A. Pardo. Diseases of nails (1960) El tratamiento de la lepra con cicloserina. Bol. Soc. Cub. Derm. Sif. 15:16, 1958 With O.A. Pardo. Treatment of early syphilis with penicillin and bismuth subsalicylate. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 61:196-209, 1950 With F. Trespalacios, F.R. Tiant, R. Ibarra & J.J. Mestre. Traitment de la lepre par le chloramphenicol. Essai experimentale ayant donné dês resultats negatifs. Intern. J. Leprol. 18(4):469-72, 1950 With R. Pineyro. Lazarine leprosy. Its position in the present classification of leprosy (1948) Interpretación de los examines serologico y de liquid cefaloraquideo en el diagnostico y pronostico de la sifilis (1948) With F.R. Tiant. Lepra – la correlación de sus aspectos clinico, patologico, inmunologico y bacteriológico. Rev. Leprol. Dermat. Sifil. 1(1):5, 1944 With I. Ferrer. Pinta. Mal de Pinto. Carate. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 45(5): 843-64, 1942 Yaws. Five hundred cases observed in Cuba. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 40(5):762-3, 1939 Keratomycosis nigricans palmaris. Rev. Argent. Dermatosif. 12:255, 1938 Frambesia (pian, yaws, bubas) 1937 Allergic cutaneous eruptions after high voltage roentgen therapy. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 33:866, 1936 Leprosy associated with dermatitis atrophicans diffusa et progressive. Arch. Dermat. Syphil 33:12-20, 1936 With J. Grau, J.J. Mestre & S. Rosell. Erythrodermia congenital ichthyosiformis. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 26:905-6, 1932 With G.M. Caballero. Lazarine leprosy: a peculiar mono-symptomatic form of leprosy. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 23:1-11, 1931 With J.J. Mestre & E. Rio. Lupus erythematosus disseminatus. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 19:824, 1929 With J.J. Mestre & E. Rio. Tinea of the scalp. Arch. Dermat. Syphilol. 19:409-22, 1929 Dermatitis venenata: a study of the tropical plants producing dermatitis. Arch. Dermatol. Syphilol. 7:81, 1923
Velarde Perez Fontana
Velarde Perez Fontana, Uruguayan surgeon (Nueva Palmira, Colonia Department 09 May 1897 – 03 January 1975) Nuevo metodo de operar en el quiste hidatico del pulmón. Arch. Intern. Hidat. 7:267-300, 1947 Developed Perez Fontana cystectomy for pulmonary hydatid Nuevo metodo de operar en el quiste hidatico del pulmón. Arch. Pediat. Urug. 19:5, 1948 A new treatment for rachidial hydatidosis Nuevo tratamento de la hidatidosis raquidea. Arch. Int. Hidat. 9:443-567, 1950 With L. Surraco. Nuevo metodo de operar en el quiste hidatico del riñon. Arch. Intern. Hidat. 11(1-2):483-91, 1950 Perez Fontana method for inguinal hernia Nouvelle methode pour le traitement des hernies inguinales. Presse Med. 67:1503-8, 1957 With R. Scaltriti developed a coloidal benzoin test for diagnosing hydatidosis (1941) With V. Vanni. Nuevo metodo de contralor biologico de los antihelminticos y sus aplicaciones. (A new method of in vitro testing for antihelminthics). Rev. Inst. Malbrán 15:82-5, 1950-3 HONORS Velardeacarus Gil & Mañé Garzón 1980 (Acari) Perezfontanatherium Roselli 1976 (Fossil Mammalia)
Uttam Prakash
Uttam Prakash, Indian palaeobotanist (02 December 1925 – DESCRIBED FOSSIL PLANTAE GENERA Adenantheroxylon 1968 with Tripathi Ailanthoxylon 1958 Albizinium 1973 Amooroxylon 1983 with Bande Artocarpoxylon 1978 with Lalitha Atalantioxylon 1978 with Lakhanpal & Bande Baphioxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Brachystegioxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Burseroxylon 1973 with Tripathi Callistemonites 1986 with Bande & Mehrotra Callistemonoxylon 1986 with Bande & Mehrotra Canarioxylon 1973 with Breasinova & Awasthi Cassinium 1973 Cercidiphylloxylon 1971 with Brezinova & Buzek Coryloxylon 1971 with with Brezinova & Buzek Dialiumoxylon 1978 with Lakhanpal Dichrostachyoxylon 1976 Duabangoxylon 1970 with Awasthi Elaeocarpoxylon 1963 with Dayal Entandrophragminium 1976 Euphorbiocarpon 1983 with Bande & Mehrotra Gymnosporioxylon 1984 with Lalitha Heritieroxylon 1981 with Lakhanpal & Awasthi Heyneoxylon 1980 with Bande Holigarnoxylon 1970 with Awasthi Homalioxylon 1972 with Tripathi Hyphaeneocarpon 1982 with Bande & Ambwani Isoberlinoxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Lanneoxylon 1967 with Tripathi Leeoxylon 1963 with Dayal Liriodendroxylon 1971 with with Brezinova & Buzek Lophopetalumoxylon 1984 with Bande Madhucoxylon 1975 with Tripathi Mimosaeoxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Mohgaostrobus 1962 Monocotylostrobus 1982 with Lakhanpal & Bande Musophyllum 1979 with Bande & Ambwani Ormosioxylon 1980 with Bande Ougenioxylon 1975 with Tripathi Pometioxylon 1970 with Tripathi Sahnipushpam 1955 Siderinium 1970 with Awasthi Stereospermoxylon 1982 with Awasthi Swintonioxylon 1968 with Tripathi Typhaephyllum 1970 with Boureau HONORS (Fossil Plantae) Prakashites Chitaley & Yawale 1977 Prakashocarpon Dahegaonkar & Kapgate 2004