Pedro Padilla
Pedro L. Padilla, Argentine Navy officer (1869 – 1921) DEVELOPMENTS/INVENTIONS Built a phone An automatic buoy A defense torpedo A Viewing table A device for performing on-board rowing exercises An oscillating plate for artillery drills in polygons LINKS https://www.centronaval.org.ar/boletin/BCN855/855-MARINOS-ILUSTRES.pdf (Spanish)
Peckolt
Theodor Peckolt, German-born Brazilian pharmacist and plant chemist (Pechen, Niederlausitz, Silesia 13 July 1822 – Rio de Janeiro 21 September 1912) Published nearly 170 publications between books and papers Performed chemical analysis of 285 plant species (for example Amazon guarana) Described 2 plant species: Trophis brasiliensis 1883 (Moraceae) and Momordica papillosa 1862 (Cucurbitaceae) Performed the first analysis on chaulmoogra oil in the world (1866) before John Moss did it in India (1879) Introduced the sapucainha oil (Carpotroche brasiliensis) for treatment of a number of skin affections (1860s) The first to perform analysis on honey from Melipona genus bees ISOLATED Agoniadin (today plumerid), a glycosid from Plumeria lancifolia, the first iridoid to be isolated in pure form (1870) Doliarin, from Fícus doliaria and described its properties Brunfelsin, from Brunfelsia uniflora Anchietin (alkaloid), from Anchietea salutaris Andirin, from Andira sp. Carobin (alkaloid), from Jacaranda brasiliensis Carobic acid and caroba resin from Jacaranda puberula Erythremite, from Croton lechieri Pocentin, from Euphorbia pulcherrima Tagetin (cetone), from Tagetes erecta Timboin (alkaloid), from Serjania fuscifolia Urucuin, from Bixa orellana Becuibic acid, from Myristica bicuhyba Apolaustic acid, from coffee plant Tannic acids from many plant species Resin and resinous acid from Tillandsia usneoides And other compounds obtained from plant origin HONORS Knight of Swedish Order Polar Star (1869) Gold Medal for his collection of natural products in class of chemical substances and pharmaceutical processes, Universal Exposition of London (1862) Gold and Bronze Medals, Universal Exposition of Paris LINKS http://www.dichistoriasaude.coc.fiocruz.br/iah/P/verbetes/peckteo.htm (in Portuguese; with bibliography) His son, Gustavo Sauerbronn Peckolt, pharmacist and plant chemist (Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro State 02 June 1861 – Rio de Janeiro 13 October 1923) Authored over 200 publications With T. Peckolt & A.L.F. Ramos patented the application of Jatai resin (1888) AUTHORED Novos alcalóides e princípios orgânicos obtidos de plantas da flora brasileira (1884) With J.M. de Souza Marçal. Método sistemático para análise mineral qualitativa (1886) Metodo prático para análise dos vegetais (1887) Alkaloids and chemical products from Brazilian flora HONORS Honor Diploma from International Exposition of Wien (1883) Genus Peckoltia Miranda Ribeiro 1912 (Fishes)
Pavlovsky family
Alejandro Jacobo Pavlovsky Leguizamón, Argentine surgeon (Paraná 18 August 1896 – 28 July 1976) From Jewish Russian descent of paternal side Authored over 400 works with 6 books Published the first cases of free skin grafting with Padgett’s dermatome With Mario M. Harris. Injerto libre de piel. Bol. Acad. Argent. Cir. 27:816, 1943 TECHNIQUES / DEVICES Criteria for resection in subtotal and total gastrectomy. Prensa Med. Argent. 42(26):1925-8, 1955 Forceps for porto-caval anastomosis in coarctation of the aorta. Bol. Trab. Acad. Arg. Cir. 35(26):740-1, 1951 With J. Schavelzon. New material for plumbing in pulmonary tuberculosis. Prensa Med. Argent. 36(26):1211-6, 1949 Tecnica operatoria para el tratamiento de las fistulas vesicovaginales consecutivas a histerectomias totales (1943) Prolapso genital. Operación de Bouilly: modificación a la tecnica. La Sem. Medica 38(12):744, 1931 Tecnica personal para la toracoplastia superior y apicolisis extrafacial sin sección muscular. Bol. Inst. Clin. Quir. 14:1183, 19?? His brother, Alfredo Pavlovsky Leguizamón, haematologist (Buenos Aires 24 November 1907 – Buenos Aires 26 April 1984) His doctoral thesis (under supervision of Nobel Prize winner Bernardo A. Houssay) gained international repercussion and apperared as a chapter of book The Hematopathies of Adolfo Ferrata (1935) Described a technique of ganglionar puncture La punción ganglionar. Su contribución al diagnostico clinico quirurgico de las afecciones ganglionares. Doctoral Thesis (1934) First to describe B haemophilia and distinguished it from A haemophilia With M.R. Castex & C. Simonetti. Contribución al estudio de la fisiopatogenia de la hemofilia. Medicina 5:16, 1944 OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS / BIBLIOGRAPHY With S. Brieux de Salum, S. Pavlovsky, A.E. Bachmann, I. Larripa & A. Caltabiano. A new surface adherent cell line derived from a suspension culture of human lymphoblastoid cells. Medicina 35(2):149-53, 1975 With C. Simonetti & G. Casillas. Studies on the adsorption of factor VIII: application to the purification of bovine factor VIII (1972) With L. Kravetz de Srulijes, E.A. Holmberg & S.L. Rabasa. Nucleic acids of malignant and benign splenic hyperplasias in mice. Nature 209 (5027):1038-9, 1966 With C. Simonetti & G. Casillas. Purification of antihemophilic factor VIII (AHF). Hemostase 1:57-61, 1961 With A. Martínez Canaveri, N. Quirno & F. Etchegoyen. Pseudohemophilia produced by an anticoagulant: antithromboplastinogenic type. Prensa Med. Arg. 43(2):166-80, 1956 Contribution to the pathogenesis of hemophilia. Blood 2:185-91, 1947 TRIVIA Founder, International Society of Hematology (1946) He was a rugby player His son, Miguel Pavlovsky Coelho, hematologist (Buenos Aires 02 October 1941 – With Maria A. Lazzari developed a technique for measuring the function of platelets (1962) With S. Moreno. Agregación plaquetaria: tecnica para su estudio. Medicina 28 Suppl 1:49-60, 1968
Paulus Aulus Pompeia
Paulus Aulus Pompéia, Brazilian physicist and engineer (Sorocaba, São Paulo State 01 October 1911 – 10 February 1993) ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered penetrating showers in cosmic rays with Wataghin and Santos With G. Wataghin & M.D. S. Santos. Simultaneous penetrating particles in the cosmic radiation I. Physical Review 57:61, 1940. With G. Wataghin & M.D. S. Santos. Simultaneous penetrating particles in the cosmic radiation. II. Physical review 57:339, 1940. Proposed criteria for distribution problems related to statistical physics Distribution problems related to statistical physics. An. Acad. Bras. Cien. 27(2):123-36, 1955 Introduced new criteria of randomness With A. de Moraes. Time distribution analysis related to Statistical Physics. Anais da Acad. Bras. Ciencias 33:13-23, 1961. Developed with Souza Santos a new kind of ultrasonic sonar for detecting submarines employing pre-oriented ferromagnetic crystals With Souza Santos developed a special thermostat that works on the gasoline dilation for controlling the temperature of cooling crystals With Souza Santos developed portable radios for jeeps and military trucks Developed a pulse transmission system in high-resolution coincidence circuits With N. Hilbery. A cathode following amplifier for pulse transmission in high resolving time coincidence circuits. Symposium on Cosmic Rays, Acad. Bras. Ciencias, 157-9, 1943. Constructed a counter outfit to measure the lifetime of the mesotron With E. O. Wollan. An electrical timing circuit to control a cloud chamber. Symposium on Cosmic Rays, Acad. Bras. Ciencias, 161-2, 1943. Developed an efficient method for determining initial velocity of projectiles and a device suited to this purpose (with an accuracy of 0,4%)
Pascual Palazzo
Pascual Palazzo Milano, Argentine civil engineer (Rio Cuarto, Cordoba Province 27 November 1890 – 09 May 1980) Introduced the concept of guiding velocity Introduced the concept and designed the first parkway in the world (1936) Created the double loop system for gaining entrance of the bridges Created the C curves of constant centrifugal coefficient between two routes of distinct velocities Established criteria for computation and design of roads and streets
Parodi family II
Lorenzo Parodi, Italian-born Argentine naturalist (Genova 06 May 1857 – Lanús, Buenos Aires Province 15 January 1932) Performed collections and discoveries of fossil vertebrates and archaeological pieces His son, Rodolfo Parodi Bustos, Argentine paleontologist (Necochea, Buenos Aires Province 13 September 1903 – San Salvador de Jujuy 14 November 2004) DESCRIBED FOSSIL MAMMALIA SPECIES Lestodon malacarensis 1952 with Parodi Megatherium arnodin-chibraci 1977 Plohophorus sirollii 1975 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Mas sobre la clasificación de los mastodontes argentinos. Rev. Mus. Arg. Cien. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 4(2):9-15, 1987 Paleoantropologia argentina. El origen del hombre americano a luz de los descubrimientos efectuados desde principios del siglo (1978) Notas sobre milodontinos sudamericanos. Revindicación del subgenero Pseudolestodon F. Amegh y H. Gerv. Ameghiniana 11(1):88-93, 1974 Los anuros cretácicos de Puente Morales (Salta) y sus vinculaciones com Shelania pasquali Casamiquela (Chubut) y E. reuningi Haughton de Africa de Sur. Rev. Fac. Cien. Salta 1(3):81-5, 1962 Los mastodontes sudamericanos y su clasificación. Cuad. Fac. Cien. Natur. Univ. Nac. Tucumán 2 (1962) With J.L.Kraglievich. A proposito de los anuros cretácicos descubiertos em la provincia de Salta. Rev. Fac. Cien. Salta 1(2):37-40, 1960 With M. Figueroa Caprini, J.L. Kraglievich & G. del Corso. Noticia preliminar acerca del yacimiento de anuros extinguidos de Puente Morales (Depto Guachipas, Prov. Salta). Rev. Fac. Cien. Nat. Salta 1:13-25, 1960 With L. J. Parodi. Apuntes para la geologia de la costa atlantica de la provincia de Buenos Aires, con descripción de la formación de Malacara. Anales Soc. Cient. Arg. 153(4):139-56, 1952 La presencia del genero Paleolama em los tumulos indigenas de Santiago del Estero. Anal. Soc. Cient. Arg. (1947) Acerca de la filogenia de los milodontes. Rev. Univ.Nac. Cordoba 33:1-9, 1946 Los milodontinos del genero Glossotherium. Rev. Fac. Cien. Exac. Fis. Natur. 1-2:227-37, 1942 Contribución a la osteologia de los grandes felinos vivientes de la Argentina. Physis 10:74-84, 1930 His brother, Lorenzo Julio Parodi Bustos, Argentine paleontologist (Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province 13 November 1890 – 1969) DESCRIBED FOSSIL MAMMALIA SPECIES Lestodon malacarensis 1952 with Parodi Neocavia depressidens 1948 with Kraglievich Theosodon pozzii 1931 with Kraglievich SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With R. Parodi Bustos. Apuntes para la geologia de la costa atlantica de la provincia de Buenos Aires, con descripción de la formación de Malacara. Anales Soc. Cient. Arg. 153(4):139-56, 1952 La vegetación de San Martín en Corrientes (Argentina). Darwiniana 6:127-8, 1943 Huesos de los miembros de los macroquenidos neoterciarios. Physis 10:294-304, 1931 Un hallazgo paleontologico en Chañar (Departamento Belgrano, La Rioja). Riel y Fomento 9(102):56-7, 1930 Sobre nuevos restos de mamiferos de la fauna pampeana en Patagonia. Physis 10:21-34,1930 With L. Kraglievich. Morfologia normal y variación de los molares del carpincho (Hydrochoerus hydrochoeris). Physis 9:454-5, 1929 HONORS Parodimys Kraglievich 1940 (Fossil Mammalia)