Julio Rey Pastor
Julio Rey Pastor, Spanish / Argentine mathematician (Logroño 14 August 1888 – Buenos Aires 21 February 1962) Son in law of surgeon Avelino Gutierrez ACHIEVEMENTS Authored Elementos de analisis algebraico (1917), in which introduced his own discoveries and innovations Enunciated theorem of Rey Pastor and Rey Pastor algorithm in Rendiconti di Palermo, 1931 Developed new summation methods Un metodo de sumacion de series. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 55, 1931 Demonstrated Jordan theorem for closed polyhedral varieties in topology of n-dimensional space Introduced synthetic reasoning in complex geometry First demonstrated homeomorphism as a geometric correspondence Defined index of a doman in regard to a point and the index of a point Une generalization elementaire de la convergence. Bol. Sem. Matem. 3(13), 1933 Studied Rey Pastor D0 spaces Espacios D0. Rev. Univ. Tucumán Serie A1: 105-24, 1940 Eponym of Rey Pastor associated points Created a new science named preology (1950s) HONOURS Rey Pastor lunar crater (not accepted) Invited Lecturer, International Congress of Mathematicians (1920 & 1928)
Juan Tomas Roig
Juan Tomás Roig y Mesa, Cuban botanist (Santiago de las Vegas, La Habana 31 May 1877 – La Habana 20 February 1971) DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE TAXA Banara brittonii 1922 Byrsonima luacesii 1953 with Acuña Byrsonima moensis 1953 with Acuña Castela leonis 1950 with Acuña Castela victorinii 1950 with Acuña Lyonia leonis 1956 with Acuña Lyonia maestrensis 1956 with Acuña Malpighia martiana 1953 with Acuña Malpighia wrightiana 1953 with Acuña Ocotea bucherii 1949 with Acuña Ocotea victorinii 1949 with Acuña Palicourea moralesii 1962 with Acuña Palicourea ponce-leonis 1962 with Acuña Palicourea torrei 1962 with Acuña Palicourea van-hermannii 1962 with Acuña Psychotria alainii 1962 with Acuña Psychotria byrsonimifolia 1962 with Acuña Psychotria lopezii 1962 with Acuña Symphysia alainii 1956 with Acuña Vaccinium alainii 1956 with Acuña Vaccinium leonis 1956 with Acuña Vaccinium shaferi 1956 with Acuña HONORS Roigella Borhidi & Fernandez Zeq. 1982 (Rubiaceae) Roigiella Castañeda Ruiz 1984 (Fungi)
Juan María Rodríguez
Juan María Rodríguez Arangoity, Mexican obstetrician (Ciudad de Mexico 27 January 1828 – Ciudad de Mexico 24 June 1894) Pioneer in diagnose pregnancy employing combined palpation and auscultation Developed techniques for obstetrical exploration Introduced a number of innovations in midwifery Modified the version by outer manoeuvre Modified the Kiwish procedure for dilation of cervix uteri (1870) Enunciated rules for hand extraction of fetus Enunciated precise rules for oxytocic administration Pointed out the differencial pelvis of Mexican people With José Ignacio Capetillo modified the Ortega procedure of embryotomy
Juan Arturo Rivero
Juan Arturo Rivero Quintero, Puerto Rican herpetologist (Santurce, San Juan State 05 March 1923 – Mayaguez 03 March 2014) Authored over 100 scientific papers, 21 books & 3 book chapters Described the genus Stefania 1966 and 152 new species in Amphibia Described one Reptilia species Anolis occultis 1965 with Williams
João Ramos e Silva
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 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY 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
João Evangelista Rick
Johann Evangelista Rick, Austrian-born Brazilian jesuit and mycologist (Dombim 19 January 1869 – Salvador do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul State 06 May 1946) DESCRIBED VALID FUNGI GENERA Aldrigiella 1934 Anthoseptobasidium 1943 Basidiodendron 1938 Brauniella 1955 Bresadolina 1928 Coniophorames 1934 Crystallocystidium 1940 Cystidiodendron 1943 Dacryomycetopsis 1958 Gloeoasterostroma 1938 Gloeopeniophorella 1934 Grandiniochaete 1940 Irpicochaete 1940 Odontiochaete 1940 Protoradulum 1933 Radulochaete 1940 Stereofomes 1928 Zanchia 1958 HONORS Rickia Cavara 1899 (Fungi)