Juan Macon Thome
Juan Macon Thome, US-born Argentine astronomer (Palmyra, Pennsylvania 22 August 1843 – Cordoba 27 September 1908) Authored the first four volumes of Cordoba Durchmusterung (CoD), a catalogue of 613,953 stars with international acclaim Discovered a comet (1887) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino en Cordoba (1877) El gran cometa austral. Rev. Observ 2:35, HONORS Lalande Medal, Academie Française des Sciences (1901)
João Vicente Torres Homem
João Vicente Torres Homem, barão de Torres Homem, Brazilian physician (Rio de Janeiro 23 November 1837 – Rio de Janeiro 04 November 1887) ACHIEVEMENTS Described unknown forms of facial palsies Conceived many therapeutic formulas against various kinds of diseases Discovered the brain center of many clinical manifestations Some of his works were published in Europe despite the fact they were in Portuguese language His work about fevers has been reviewed in Archives de Médecine Navale of France and cited in Kelsch’s Traite des Maladies Pathogeniques (1894) Estudo clinico sobre as febres do Rio de Janeiro (1877) Etude comparative des caracteres cliniques de la fievre remittente paleudeuse, typhoide d’aprés le professeur Torres Homem. Archives Med. Navale 31:50, 1879 Observed the presence of hepatic steatosis in yellow fever Described Bernheim syndrome many years ahead of Bernheim Described Torres Homem sign a characteristic sign of hepatic abscess in amebiasis BIBLIOGRAPHY Duarte, O. Sattamini. Um médico do Império: o doutor Torres Homem. Irmãos Pongeti, 1957
José Willibaldo Thomé
José Willibaldo Becker-Delwing Thomé, Brazilian malacologist (Estrela, Rio Grande do Sul State 09 October 1930 – Porto Alegre 29 May 2016) From German descent With R.S. Silva & S.R. Gomes reported the first record of albinism in Gastropoda Veronicellidae (2000) DESCRIBED MOLLUSCA TAXA Genera Colosius 1975 Diplosolenodes 1975 Forcartulus 1975 Microveronicella 1975 Montivaginula 1976 Potamojanuarius 1975 Retidiscus 1995 with Fonseca Simrothula 1975 Zilchulus 1975 Subgenus Glabogyra 1993 with Fonseca Species Angustipes missionis 1981 Latipes lisei 1999 with Gomes Leidyula goodfriendi 1993 Littorina davisi 1985 with Silva Novovaginula rosaneae 1999 with Gomes Phyllocaulis boraceiensis 1972 Phyllocaulis renschi 1965 Radiodiscus bolachaensis 1995 with Fonseca Radiodiscus cuprinus 2000 with Fonseca Radiodiscus protamensis 2004 with Miquel & Ramírez Radiodiscus sanchicoensis 2007 with Miquel & Ramírez Radiodiscus vazi 1995 with Fonseca Retidiscus reticulatus 1995 with Fonseca Semperula insularis 1983 Semperula tailandensis 1994 with Brites & Oliveira Simpulopsis protamensis 2007 with Silva Simpulopsis gomesae 2007 with Silva Simrothula paraensis 2006 with Gomes, Picanço & Mendes Veronicella davisii 1995 with Santos & Pedott Zilchogyra zulmae 2004 with Miquel & Ramírez HONORS Thometrema Amato 1968 (Trematoda)
José Francisco Torrealba
José Francisco Torrealba Gonzalez, Venezuelan parasitologist (Santa María de Ipire, Guarico State 16 June 1896 – Caracas 24 July 1973) Authored about 150 publications First in the world applied xenodiagnosis method for demonstrate Chagas disease (1934) Despistaje de la Enfermedad del Chagas por el método xenodiagnostico Conceived a new fast method for diagnosing Chagas disease in its chronic stage With J.V. Scorza, A. Alvarez, I. Ramos, C. Dagert & V. Díaz. Nuevo método rápido para El diagnostico de La enfermedad de Chagas en su fase cronica. Arch. Venez. Med. Trop. Parasit. Med. 3:121-35, 1959 DESCRIBED PARASITIC SPECIES Protozoa Klossiella tejerai 1957 with Scorza Sarcocystis cervi 1957 with Scorza Sarcocystis didelphis 1957 with Scorza Trypanosoma barnolai 1955 Trypanosoma itriagoi 1954 Nematoda Carcharolaimus acutus 1968 Peltamigratus arcuatus 1968 HONORS Brault Award, Academie de Medicine de Paris Member, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London LINKS http://vitae.ucv.ve/?module=articulo&rv=11&n=138
Jose Jeronimo Triana
José Jerônimo Triana Silva, Colombian botanist, physician and explorer (Bogotá 22 May 1828 –Bogotá 31 October 1890) Developed many therapeutic products such as Triana cough syrup, Triana patches or Andean plaster (bandages to treat corns), powder toothpastes, Colombian powder and a quine-based medicinal wine Popularized the industrial use of a plant pigment known as Triana green for staining Contributed to discovery of new alkaloids such as cinchonamine DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE GENERA Achatocarpus 1858 Brachyotum 1867 Burmeistera 1857 with Karsten Calycophysum 1855 with Karsten Cephalotomandra 1855 with Karsten Clusiella 1860 Comatoglossum 1855 with Karsten Cuervea 1872 Dendrostylis 1854 with Karsten Diplarpea 1867 Gloeospermum 1862 with Planchon Havetiopsis 1860 with Planchon Llerasia 1858 Monolena 1867 Oedematopus 1860 with Planchon Pelliciera 1862 with Planchon Stephanogastra 1854 with Karsten Thinouia 1862 with Planchon Tovomitopsis 1860 with Planchon Trichantha 1854 with Karsten HONOURS Vice president, International Congress of Botany, London for his fame as expert on South American tropical flora (1866) Gold Medal at International Exposition of Paris for his herbarium and archaeological collection (1867) Award at Universal Exposition of Paris (1889) Medal of Société de Agriculture de France due to his work La Quinologia de Mutis (1872) HONORS Trianaea Planchon & Linden 1853 (Solanaceae) Trianaeopiper Trelease 1928 (Piperaceae)
Jose Ignacio Torralbas
José Ignacio Torralbas y Manresa, Cuban physician and naturalist (Matanzas 23 January 1842 – La Habana 06 December 1903) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Informe sobre el nombre cientifico y vulgar de un arbol cubano (Bijaguará). Anal. Acad. Cien. Med. Fís. Natur. La Habana 43:217-20, 1906-7 Informes sobre la pesca de esponjas en Caibarién. Anal. Acad. Cien. Med. Fís. Natur. La Habana 43:210-5, 1906-7 With J. Gundlach. Contribución al estudio de los crustaceos de Cuba. Notas compiladas y completadas por el Dr. J.I. Torralbas. Anal. Acad. Cien. Med. Fís. Natur. La Habana 37(36), 1900 With M. Gómez de la Maza. Flórula fanerogâmica del jardín botânico y del vedado (1895) Notas para el estudio de la hematoquiluria. Anales Real Acad. Cien. Med. Fís. Natur. La Habana 28:208-25, 1891-2 Los insectos y la selección natural de las plantas. Thesis, Universidad de La Habana (1890) Consideraciones sobre la antropologia de la Oceania. Bol. Soc. Antrop. Cuba 1(6):135-44, 1885 Estudio teratológico de un caso de encefalia (1876) HONORS Torralbasia Krug & Urban 1904 (Celastraceae)