Bibiano Fernandez Osorio y Tafall
José Manuel Ramón Bibiano Fernandez Osorio y Tafall, Spanish / Mexican hydrobiologist and economist (Pontevedra 03 December 1902 – Ciudad de Mexico 13 August 1990) Authored over 200 scientific works on hydrobiology and natural resources DESCRIBED TAXA Family Lophodiniaceae 1942 (Dinoflagellata) Genus Microdiaptomus 1942 (Crustacea) Species Crustacea Leptodiaptomus cuauhtemoci 1941 Microdiaptomus cokeri 1942 Dinoflagellata Ceratocorys alleni 1940 Lophodinium dadayi 1942 Parahistioneis pieltaini 1942 Prorocentrum mexicanum 1940 Tintinnopsis campbelli 1941 Protozoa Climacocylis balboana 1941 Codonellopsis colombiana 1941 Coxliella bolivari 1941 Daturella beltrani 1941 Luminella neocalifonica 1941 Petalotricha kofoidi 1941 Rhabdonella spiroides 1941 Schmidingerella mexicana 1941 Senosemella acapulcensis 1941 Senosemella nicaraguensis 1941 Trachelomonas amphoriformis 1942 Trachelomonas beltrani 1942 Trachelomonas spectabilis 1942 Trachelomonas veracruzana 1942 Xistonella americana 1941 HONOURS Tafallia Bonet 1946 (Collembola) Osorioichthys Casier 1954 (Fossil Pisces)
Bernardo Ochoa
Bernardo Ochoa Arismendy, Colombian pediatric surgeon (Barbosa, Antioquia Department 14 August 1926 – Medellín 25 December 2016) Discovered the urofacial syndrome or Ochoa syndrome (described by Elejalde) Elejalde, B.R. Genetic and diagnostic considerations in three families with abnormality of facial expression and congenital urinary obstruction: the Ochoa syndrome. Am. J. Med. Genet. 3(1):97-108, 1979 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Trauma of the external genitalia in children: amputation of the penis and demasculation. J. Urol. 160:1116-9, 1998 Surgical complications of ascariasis. World J. Surg. 15:222, 1991 With R.J. Gorlin. Urofacial (Ochoa) syndrome. Am. J. Med. Genet. 27(3):661-7, 1987 HONOURS Invited, American Congress of Pediatrics (1990) Visiting Scientist, University of Minnesota Honorary Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association International Guest Speaker, Urology Section of American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting (1992)
Benjamin Orozco
Benjamín Orozco Espinoza, Salvadorean physical chemist (San Salvador 22 May 1868 – San Salvador 22 October 1941) METHODS Ensayo de un procedimiento electro-colorimétrico para el desage de huellas de manganeso en las rocas DEVICES Establecimiento de una válvula electrolitica de una sola cuba, con un dispositivo para hacer variar el voltaje entre limites determinados, para la transformación de las corrientes alternas bifásicas en corriente continua Aparato inscriptor electrico para la determinación de la temperatura de fusión de ciertas substancias Probeta de doble brazo para analisis volumétrico com lectura instantânea de fracciones de milímetro Balanza sensible para analisis cuantitativo, con dispositivo especial para pesadas rapidas
Benjamin Oluwakayode Osuntokun
Benjamin Oluwakayode Iseolorunpo Adisa Osuntokun, Nigerian neurologist (Okemesi, Ado-Ekiti 06 January 1935 – Cambridge, England 22 September 1995) Authored 321 works Discovered the basis of tropical ataxic neuropathy Chronic cyanide intoxication and a degenerative neuropathy in Nigeria. Thesis. Ibadan University, 1969 Described with Italian L. Luzzatto & Nigerian neurosurgeon E. Latendu Odeku the Osuntokun syndrome Congenital pain asymbolia and auditory imperception. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiat. 31:291-6, 1968 HONORS Langley Memorial Prize (1967-71)
Ayub Khan Ommaya
Ayub Khan Ommaya, Pakistani neurosurgeon (Mian Channu, Punjab 14 April 1930 – Islambad 11 July 2008) From Pakistani Muslim father and French Catholic mother Authored over 175 articles, chapters and books Invented Ommaya reservoir (1963) Published the first coma score for classification of traumatic brain injury (1966) With Di Chiro & Doppman pioneered spinal angiography (1967) Reported the treatment of spinal cord arterio-venous malformation by percutaneous embolization of an intercostals artery using stainless steel pellets (1968) First reported cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea occurring with primary empty sella Invented an inflatable collar that attaches to motorcycle helmets as a protection against spinal injury Developed techniques for topic cooling of brain Invented apparatus and technique for chronic implantation in human head and spine Invented the first spinal fluid driven artificial organ. US Patent 5385582 (1995)
Alfredo Manuel Offermann
Alfredo Manuel Offermann, Argentine agronomist and agricultural chemist (Buenos Aires 29 September 1909 – ?) Showed that terminal bud wilt of potato is a virosis With E.R. Vitoria. Estudio sobre un vírus produtor del marchitamiento apical de la papa. Rev. Arg. Agron. 8:105-13, 1941 TECHNIQUES/PATENTS Nueva técnica rápida para la valoración turbidimetrica del cálcio soluble en suelos (1949) Tecnicas de analisis rápidos para la valoración química de los elementos asimilables del suelo. Arch Frut. Uruguay 4(3):353-60, 1951 Instrument for measuring the moisture and temperature of soil US2869359 A (1953)