João Paulo Botelho Vieira
João Paulo Botelho Vieira, Brazilian physician (São Carlos, São Paulo State 23 July 1896 – São Paulo 22 June 1962) Performed important studies on pemphigus foliaceus Described evolutive phases of fogo selvagem (wild fire), a variety of endemic pemphigus foliaceus First to report elephantiasis of the ears due to lymphangitis Demonstrated the frequence of papillomatosis in pemphigus or wild fire Eponym of Vieira sign a yellowish and canalization of the nail seen in fogo selvagem SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Considerações sobre o pênfigo foliáceo no Brasil (1948) Patologia das impressões digitais (1942) Novas contribuições ao estudo do penfigo foliáceo (fogo selvagem) no Estado de São Paulo (1940) Quatro anos de fisioterapia aplicada à dermatologia (radioterapia subpenetrante). Rev. Assoc. Paul. Med. 7(5):245-56, 1935 Aplicação do radium nas dermatoses (1919)
João Manuel Varela
João Manuel Varela, Cape Verdean scientist and poet (Mindelo, São Vicente Island 07 June 1937 – Mindelo, São Vicente Island 07 August 2007) Described Varela syndrome Atrophie systématisée de la formation réticulaire. Syndrome de dyshoméostasie du névraxe. Revue Neurologique (Paris), 16:437-440, 1967 Described seaweed Chondriella isecmarius SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY A telencefalização e a morfologia do sistema talâmico de projecção difusa. Thesis, Lisboa, 1964, Atrophies de la formation réticulaire du névraxe. Psychiatria Clinica 2:41-61 & 109-123, 1969. (Abridged versin in English: Psychiatric Digest, Illinois, 31:53, 1970) With DeWulf et al. Études cytométriques du thalamus humain normal. Giornal di Psichiatria e di Neuropatologia, Ferrara, 97:361-373, 1969 With DeWulf et al. Acetylcholinesterase isoenzimes and nerve transmission. Abstracts FEBS Meeting, Madrid, 412, 1969. With A. de Wulf et al. Acetylcholinesterase of muscle and brain of rat. Some kinetic differences. Abstracts IVth Intern. Congr. Neurochemistry, Tokyo, 412, 1973 With A. de Wulf et al. Properties and physiological significance of acetylcholinesterase isoenzymes of mammalian muscle. VIIth Sympos. Physio-Morphology of the Neuromuscular Junction. Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, 27-8, 1973 With A. de Wulf et al. Kinetic characterization of acetylcholinesterase of muscle and rat brain. Experientia, 29: 1347-1349, 1973 The reticular formation and the neuropathology of the autonomic disorders. Proceedings VIIth Inter. Congr. Neuropathology, ed. by St. Korney, St.Tariska and G.Gosztony. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 753-756, 1975 With P. Mandel. The relative distribution of soluble and insoluble cholinesterase in rat excitable tissues. Experientia 32:976-977, 1976 Cryptococcose expérimentale chez la souris: neurotropisme de souches de Cryptococcus neoformans d’origine africaine et européenne. Monography, Institut de Médecine Tropicale, Anvers, 1981 Lesions and their mechanisms in cerebral cryptococcosis. Abstracts IIth Intern. Conf. Infect. Dis., Cairo, 410, 1985. Cryptococcus neoformans: cell variability and pathogenic competence. Abstracts IVth Intern. Conf. Infect. Dis., Montreal, 1996, 1990, Diphenol oxidase isoenzymes in the rabbit choroid and retina/retinal pigment epithelium. Abstracts of the 34th Annual Meeting AER, Granada, 93, 1993. Isoenzymic patterns of tyrosinase in the rabbit choroid and retina/retinal pigment epithelium. Experimental Eye Research 60:621-629, 1995 Tetrapexity: a theory of pattern formation – Taking a special look at the brain, multicellularity, DNA and a few other biological macromolecules, ANERP, 1997. LINKS http://triplov.com/poesia/joao_vario/curriculo.htm
João de Vasconcelos Sobrinho
João de Vasconcelos Sobrinho, Brazilian ecologist (Moreno, Pernambuco State 28 April 1908 – Recife 04 May 1989) Obtained worldwide fame as expert on desertification phenomenon Considered as one of the founders of desertology Proposed the concept of desertification nuclei (1971) Proposed a methodology for identifying desertification processes (1978) Much of terms coined by him are employed in ecological terminology such as desertification nuclei and canopy permeability
José Verocay
José Juan Verocay, Czech / Uruguayan anatomical pathologist (Paysandu 16 June 1876 – Teplitz, Bohemia 25 December 1927) From Austrian father and Italian mother Discovered cellular structure of neurofibromatosis and distinguished them from neurofibromas coining the term neurinoma or Verocay bodies or nodules. Today they are called schwannomas Developed a new procedure for staining connective tissue Ueber ein neues verfahren zur färbung des Bindegewebes. Verh. Ges. Natura u. Aerste 80 Vers Koln 11(2):52-5, 1908 Detailed the origin and histological benign nature of vestibulocochlear nerve tumors (1910) BIBLIOGRAPHY Aktinomykose der beckenorgan eines 14 jährigenmädchens. Verh. Deutsch. Path. Ges. Jena 9:129-42, 1905 Multiplicitas cordis (heptacardia) bei einem huhn. Verh. Deutsch. Path. Ges. Jena 9:192-8, 1905 Demonstration einer aortenanomalie. Prag. Med. Wschr. 1906 Ueber einge fälle besonderer retroperitonealer tumoren. Sonder-Abdruck Ztschr. f. Heilk 27(4), 1906 Ren impar sinister kombiniert mit anomalien der genitalorgane, der baucharterien und des skelettes. Prag. Med. Wschr. 32, 1907 Beseitigung der “formolniederschläge” aus mikroskopischen schnitten. Centralbl. f. Allg. Path. u. Path. Anat. Jena 19(19);769-74, 1908 Multiple geschwulste als systemerkrankung am nervösen apparate. Festschr. f. H. Chiari. 378-415, 1908 Zur Kenntnis der neurofibrome. Beith. z. Path. Anat. u. z. Allg. Path. 156:1-68, 1910 Ein fall von maligner hypophysenganggeschwulst. Prag. Med. Wschr. 36:656, 1911 Contributo alla casistica della atresia congenita dellaorta in proximita Del duto arterioso Del Botallo. Patologica 101:1-12, 1913 Pseudohermaphroditismus mesculinus completus. Verh. Deutsch. Naturforscher u Aertza 13:25-46, 1913 Arterienverkalkung bei un geborener lues. Frankf. Zschr. 1915 Hat unwegsamkeit des ductus deferens atrophie des hodens zur folge? Prag. Med. Wschr. 40(11):1-7, 1915 Eins Junges menschliches. Ei Archiv. F. Gynaeko Berlin. 105:151-68, 1916
Jose Vizioli
José Vizioli, Brazilian plant pathologist and mycologist (Piracicaba, São Paulo State 29 March 1896 – Piracicaba, São Paulo State 12 September 1957) Son of Italian immigrants DESCRIBED DISEASES Myriogenospora aciculispora in Um novo pirenomiceto parasita da cana (1926) Um mal biológico do algodoeiro. Rev. Soc. Rural 14:34-6, 1934 DESCRIBED SPECIES Eutrypella linearis, Microthia coccolobai & Pterosporidium rhizosphorae Some Pyrenomycetes of Bermuda. Mycologia 15:107-19, 1923 METHODS A new process for multiplying sugarcane seedlings A importação de mudas de cana e um novo processo para a sua rápida multiplicação. Bol. Agricultura da Secret. Agric. Ind. Comm. S. Paulo (1928) Proposed a steam engine O alcool industrial e a defesa da indústria açucareira (1930) HONOURS Bronze Medal, International Congress of Chemical Manure, Rome (1938)
Jose Valls
José Valls Ruiz, Argentine orthopedist (Buenos Aires 20 June 1896 – Buenos Aires 01 May 1977) From Spanish parents Authored about 130 works New conceptions on the etiology and treatment os sciatica: vertebral arthritis as the cause of neurodocytic sciatica. Rev. Oto-Neuro-Oftalm. Cir. Neurol. (1927) With C.E. Ottolenghi first to advocate biopsy of regional lymph nodes for conformation of the diagnosis of bone and joint tuberculosis (1931) Developed a guiding compass for osteosynthesis of fractures of the neck of femur with Smith-Petersen nails and Valls-Lagomarsino nails With E.H. Lagomarsino. Technique personelle et nouvelle instrumentation pour l’osteosynthese du col femoral à ciel ouvert. Bull. Soc. Nat. Chir. Paris (1935) With E.H. Lagomarsino. Tratamiento de las fracturas del cuello de fêmur (1943) With C.E. Ottolenghi & F. Schajowicz. La biopsia por aspiración en el diagnostico de las lesiones oseas (1942) With C.E. Ottolenghi & F. Schajowicz. Aspiration biopsy in diagnosis of lesions of vertebral bodies. JAMA 136:376-82, 1948 New procedures in the treatment of fractures: our experience. Rev. Asoc. Med. Argent. 61(603-4):211-8, 1947 A new prosthesis for arthroplasty of the hip. J. Bone Joint Surg Br. 34B(2):308-10, 1952 Arthroplasty of the hip: model of new metallic prosthesis. Dia Med. 25(50):1360-3, 1953 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J.R. Valls. Metaphyseal curettage and temporary laxity of the hip in the treatment of arthritis deformans. Acta Orthop. Scand. 32:445, 1962 Late treatment of aseptic necrosis of the hip in fractures and dislocations of the neck of the fêmur, with special reference to arthrodesis and arthroplasty. Rev. Ortop. Traum. Lat. Am. 6(1):1-14, 1961 Paralytic dislocation of the hip. Bull. Hosp. Jt. Dis. 21:346-50, 1960 Tumores de celulas gigantes. Mem. du 7eme Congr. SICOT, Barcelona (1957) With D. Muscolo & F. Schajowicz. Reticulum cell sarcoma of bone. J. Bone Joint Surg. 34B:588, 1952 Acrylic prosthesis in a case with fracture of the head of the humerus. Bol. Soc. Orthop. Trauma 17:61, 1952 With C.E. Ottolenghi & F. Schajowicz. Epiphyseal chondroblastoma of bone. J. Bone Joint Surg. 33A:997-1009, 1951 With M. Polak & F. Schajowicz. Fibrous dysplasia of bone. J. Bone Joint Surg. 32A:311, 1950 With J.E. Valls. Streptomycin in osteoarticular tuberculosis. Rev. Asoc. Med. Argent. 63(663-4):475-7, 1949 With D.T. Muscolo. Dissecting osteochondritis of the hip. Rev. Asoc. Med. Argent. 61(597-600):29-33, 1947 Kuntscher intramedullary interlocking in long bone fractures. Bol. Trab. Acad. Argent. Cir. 31(29):967, 1947 With J.E. Valls. Treatment of tarsal trauma. Acta Congr. Soc. Cir. Chile 8:175-90, 1946 Lesiones traumaticas de los meniscos, ligamentos cruzados y ligamentos laterales de la rodilla (1941) Rupture of the lateral ligament of the knee joint. Am.J. Surg. 43:486-91, 1939 La biopsie ganglionnaire comme moyen de diagnostic dans les arterites chroniques des membres. Brux. Med. 13:1151-7, 1932-3 & 14 Suppl:104, 1933-4 La patologia de los ligamentos cruzados de la articulación de la rodilla. Rev. Ortop. Traumat. 1(1), 1931 Reconstrucción del ligamento lateral interno con seda. Rev. Arg. Ortop. HONOURS President, International Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Barcelona (1957) Honorary Member, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons & American Orthopedic Association