José Rosemberg
José Rosemberg, Jewish Brazilian pneumologist and phthisiologist (London, England 19 September 1909 – São Paulo 24 November 2005) From Austrian father and Polish mother Authored 212 works on tuberculosis, 68 on smoking and 14 books Internationally known for his work on tuberculosis control With N. de Sousa Campos & Jamil N. Aun showed that BCG vaccine exerts protecting power against leprosy HONORS Palmes Academiques de France (1970) Tobacco and Health Medal, WHO (1991)
José Reis
José Reis, Brazilian veterinarian and science popularizer (Rio de Janeiro 12 June 1907 – São Paulo 16 May 2002) Recognized as a world expert on avian diseases Coined the term ornithopathology With P.C. Nóbrega described Eimeria rhynchoti 1936 (Protozoa Apicomplexa) With P. C. Nóbrega proposed inoculation in pigeons as way for diagnosis of avian cholera in Arqu. Inst. Biol. 8:183, 1937 Described Aspergillum keratomycosis in Arqu. Inst. Biol. 11:437-50, 1939 With P. C. Nóbrega described a new technique for chicken embryo egg based vaccine preparation for avian spirochaetosis in Arqu. Inst. Biol. S. Paulo 12:87, 1941 Developed a prophylactic vaccine for avian yaws With his wife, pharmacist Anita Sodré Swensson Reis (1910 – 1999) and Paulo da Cunha Nóbrega authored Tratado de Ornitopatologia (Treatise of Ornithopathology) translated to many languages (1936). This book was regarded as complete and used (in Portuguese) at Rutgers University With K.M. Silberschmidt & H. Rocha Lima authored Methoden der Virusforschungen later incorporated to Abderhalden’s Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden (1939)
José Ramírez Mateos
José Aurelio Ramírez Mateos, Mexican naturalist and physician (Ciudad de Mexico 12 November 1852 – Ciudad de Mexico 11 April 1904) DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE SPECIES Bursera aptera 1894 Bursera morelensis 1896 Bursera trijuga 1894 Casimiroa pubescens 1896 Pterostemon rotundifolia SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Estudio bacteriológico de las aguas potables de la Ciudad de Mexico Raices de la vid atacadas por la filoxera La fumagina del cafeto El picudo del algodonero La vegetación de Mexico (1899) La papaya voladora Sinonimia vulgar y botânica de las plantas mexicanas (1902) Herbario de Cervantes Razas primitivas de America Noticias acerca de algunas laminas de la iconografia inédita de la Flora Mexicana de Sessé y Mociño (1903) HONORS Ramirezella Rose 1903 (Fabaceae)
José Manuel Ruiz
José Manuel Ruiz, Brazilian helmintologist and parasitologist (Dourado, São Paulo State 04 February 1913 – São Paulo 28 March 1959) From Spanish parents METHODS Described perfusion and collecting techniques for Schistosoma sp. Técnica de perfusão para a coleta de Schistosoma mansoni em animais de laboratório. Mem. Inst. Butantan 24(2):101-9, 1952 Processo rápido de perfusão do sistema porta-hepático de mamíferos para coleta de esquistossomídeos, aplicável aos trabalhos de campo. Mem. Inst. Butantan São Paulo 25(2):29-33, 1953 DESCRIBED TREMATODA/NEMATODA TAXA Valid Genera (all Trematoda) Aliptrema 1954 with Leão Liophistrema 1943 with Leão & Artigas Neoctangium 1943 Westella 1943 with Leão & Artigas Species Aliptrema ribeiroi 1954 with Leão Catadiscus freitaslenti 1943 Cercaria acaudata 1952 Cercaria amplicocecata 1953 Cercaria caratinguensis 1953 Cercaria hemiura 1952 Cercaria lutzi 1943 Cercaria macrogranulosa 1952 Cercaria minense 1952 Cercaria santense 1952 Choledocystus vesicalis 1943 with Leão Cyathocotyle brasiliensis 1943 with Leão Gnathostoma brasiliense 1952 Haplometroides odhneri 1959 with Perez Infidum intermedium 1943 with Leão Liophistrema pulmonalis 1943 with Leão & Artigas Mesocoelium sibynomorphi 1943 with Leão Neoctangium travassosi 1943 Opisthogonimus artigasi 1943 with Leão Opisthogonimus fariai 1943 with Leão Opisthogonimus fonsecai 1943 with Leão Opisthogonimus pereirai 1943 with Leão Petalediplostomum aristoterisi 1954 with Rangel Pseudoneodiplostomum brasiliensis 1954 with Rangel Ruicephalus minutus 1946 Westella serpentis 1943 with Leão & Artigas Westella sulina 1943 with Leão & Artigas HONORS Ruicephalus Skrjabin 1955 (Trematoda)
José Manuel Riveros
José Manuel Riveros Nigra, Paraguayan-born Brazilian physical chemist (Asunción 16 April 1940 – Performed important contributions to ion-molecule reactions in gas phase Described Riveros reaction or α-elimination of CO leading to the carbonylation of the esther, an efficient way of generating a solvated ion in the gas phase at low pressures (1968) With S.M. José & K. Takashima. A novel reaction to generate anion adducts in the gas phase (1989) With P. C. Isolani, H.V. Linnert, M.C. Kida-Tinone et al. Construção e desempenho de um espectrômetro de massa por transformada de Fourier. Quim. Nova 15:351-3, 1992 With Z. Zhu. A kinetic method to distinguish isomeric C3H5+ cations. Rapid Comm.Mass. Spectrom. 5:387-90, 1991
José Manuel Rivero Carvallo
José Manuel Rivero Carvallo, Mexican cardiologist (Tehuacán, Puebla State 01 April 1905 – Ciudad de Mexico 15 February 1993) ACHIEVEMENTS Described Carvallo sign Signo para el diagnostico de las insuficiencias tricuspideas. Arch. Inst. Cardiol. Mex. 16:531, 1946 Described the use of Rivero Carvallo maneuver in the diagnosis of tricuspid stenosis El diagnostico de la estenosis tricuspidea. Arch. Inst. Cardiol. Mex. 20:1-11, 1950 Described the sign of the double apical thrust El signo de doble choque apexiano. Arch. Inst. Cardiol. Mex. 32(5):387-99, 1962 Designed a manouevre to determine apex area Studied syndrome of compression of the left main bronchus or King-Landau-Rivero syndrome The Left Bronchial Compression Syndrome. Am. J. Cardiol. 9:521, 1962 Discovered atrium papyraceum Semiologia de las lesiones tricuspideas. Arch. Inst. Cardiol. Mexico 21:567-93, 1951 With H. Ramírez-Jaime. Atrium papyraceum: the clinical diagnosis of the paper-thin right atrium. Am. J. Cardiol. 16(3):369-78, 1965