Julio Muniz
Julio Muniz, Brazilian protozoologist and immunologist (Cuiabá 22 January 1898 – Rio de Janeiro 06 December 1975) Authored 103 scientific works With A.M. Cunha definitely showed the existence of chromatin in bacteria (Bacillus anthracis) Studied in details the endomixia in Ciliata (with A. Cunha & G. de Freitas) Described the phenomenon of conditioned or passive hemolysis independent from Middlebrook Action of red cells sensitized with the polysaccharide fraction of the Schizotrypanum cruzi in the presence of specific sera. Conditioned hemolysis, one case of immunity reaction. Newsl. Soc. Amer. Bacteriol., p1-9, 1949 Demonstrated the importance of hipersensibility reactions in Chagas disease pathogeny With A.Penna de Azevedo. Novo conceito de patogenia da doença de Chagas (tripanosomiasis americana). O Hospital 32:165-83, 1947 Developed a precipitation reaction for diagnosis of Chagas disease (Muniz-Freitas reaction or test) being the first use of an agglutination reaction in human cases of Chagas disease With G. de Freitas. Contribuição para o diagnóstico da doença de Chagas pela reação de imunidade. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 41:303-19, 1944 Developed Muniz-Freitas medium for Trypanosoma cruzi With G. de Freitas. Realização “in vitro” do ciclo de S. cruzi no vertebrado, em meios de caldo líquido peritoneal. Rev. Bras. Biol. 6:467-84, 1946 Observed the first cases of spontaneous leishmaniasis in guinea pigs an described the causative agent (Leishmania enrietti) With H. Medina. Estudos sobre leishmaniose. I. Primeiros casos de leishmaniose espontânea observados em cobaias. Arq. Biol. Tecnol. 1:39-74, 1946 DESCRIBED PROTOZOA TAXA (all with A. Cunha except one) Family Hallidae 1927 Genera Bundleia 1928 Buissonella 1925 Hydrochoerella 1925 Protohallia 1927 Protolutzia 1925 Species Balantidium aragaoi 1927 Balantidium ranarum 1927 Balantidium simile 1930 Blepharocorys hydrochoeri 1925 Bundleia bathypharyngea 1928 Cycloposthium caudatum 1927 Cycloposthium cristatum 1927 Cycloposthium magnum 1927 Cycloposthium minutum 1927 Eimeria travassosi 1928 Enteromonas lagostomi 1927 Enteromonas wenyoni 1927 Eutrichomastix aguti 1927 Eutrichomastix gracilis Herpetomonas culicidarum 1928 Hydrochoerella intestinalis 1925 Leishmania (Leishmania) enriettii 1948 with Medina Monocercomonas caviae 1921 Monocercomonas cruzi 1925 Monocercomonas globosus Monocercomonas hassalli 1927 Octomitus acuminatus 1925 Octomitus avium 1925 Octomitus elongatus 1925 Octomitus pitheci 1929 Protohallia uncinata 1927 Sphaerita minor 1923 Toxodinium vorax 1926 Trichomonas aragaoi 1927 Trichomonas felis 1922 Trichomonas lanceolata 1926 Trichomonas megastoma 1927 HONORS (Ciliate Protozoa) Muniziella Fonseca 1939 Cunhamunizia Ito & Imai 2000 Subg. Mundinia Shaw, Camargo & Teixeira 2016
Juliano Moreira
Juliano Moreira, Brazilian neuropsychiatrist (Salvador 06 January 1873 – Rio de Janeiro 02 May 1933) Authored over 112 papers Performed studies on psychiatry and tropical medicine Studied mental perturbations in leprosy His doctoral thesis Etiologia da sífilis magna precoce (1891) received international attention Published Neue pathologischer anatomischer und klinischer zur Kenntniss des Ainhum, a anatomical pathology study on ainhum that was very cited by European physicians (1900) Established a criterion for characterize the symptoms of paranoia With A. Peixoto. Paranoia e os syndromes paranoides. Brasil Medico (1904) & Arq. Bras. Psiq. Neurol. Cie. Afins 1(1):5-33, 1905 With A. Peixoto authored La paranoia legitime, son origine et nature (1905) in which exposed original ideas with repercussion in medical circles MEMBERSHIP Honorary President, IV International Congress of Mental Diseases, Berlin (1900) Honorary President, International Congress of Mental Diseases, Milano (1907) Correspondent Member, Royal Medical Psychological Association, London (1909) The one person of American Continent honoured as proeminent psychiatrist in the world by Psychiatrische, Neurologische Wochenschrift (1910) Honorary Member, Société de Médicine Mentale de Belgique (1913) Sacred Treasure Order, Japan (1928) Gold Medal, Hamburg University (1929) Honorary Member, Japanese Society of Neurology & Psychiatry and German medical academies
Julian Herron Mitter
Julian Herron Mitter, Indian mycologist (1881 – ?) DESCRIBED FUNGI SPECIES Aecidium leucadinum 1935 Aecidium strobilanthinum 1935 Aecidium tandonii 1935 Cercospora phaeocarpa Hapalographium tandonii 1937 Phyllachora tandonii 1935 Puccinia adjuncta 1937 Sarcinella tandonii 1937 Uredo clivalis 1935 HONORS Mitteriella Sydow 1933 (Fungi)
Juan Ignacio Molina
Juan Ignacio Molina Gonzalez, Italian / Chilean naturalist, jesuit, geographer and historian (Villa Alegre, Linares Province, Maule Region 24 June 1740 – Imola, Bologna Province 12 September 1829) Authored Ensayo sobre la Historia Natural de Chile (1782) translated into many languages DESCRIBED VALID TAXA Plantae Genera Colliguaja 1782 Crinodendron 1782 Gevuina 1782 Madia 1782 Maytenus 1782 Peumus 1807 Pitavia 1810 Puya 1782 Quillaja 1782 Quinchamalium 1782 Sassia 1782 Tara 1810 Thuraria 1782 Species About 60 VERTEBRATA Mammalia (1782) Species Conepatus chinga Galictis cuja Hippocamelus bisulcus Lagidium viscacia Leopardus colocolo Leopardus guigna Lutra felina Lycalopex culpaeus Myocastor coypus Octodon degus Pudu puda Scalacopus cyanus Vicugna vicugna Subspecies Conepatus chinga chinga Galictis cuja cuja Lagidium viscacia viscacia Leopardus colocolo colocolo Leopardus guigna guigna Lycalopex culpaeus culpaeus Myocastor coypus coypus Puma concolor puma Scalacopus cyanus cyanus Aves (1782) Genus Phytotoma Species Athene cunicularia Carduelis barbata Chloephaga hybrida Chrysomus tilius Colaptes pitius Coscoroba coscoroba Curaeus curaeus Cygnus melanocoryphus Diuca diuca Egretta thula Metriopelia melanoptera Mimus thenca Pelecanus thagus Phoenicopterus chilensis Phytotoma rara Picoides lignarius Sturnella loyca Vanellus chilensis Subspecies Athene cunicularia cunicularia Cathartes aura jota Chloephaga hybrida hybrida Chrysomus tilius tilius Curaeus curaeus curaeus Diuca diuca diuca Egretta thula thula Metriopelia melanoptera melanoptera Sturnella loyca loyca Vanellus chilensis chilensis Reptilia Phymaturus palluma 1782 Amphibia Rhinella arunco 1782 Pisces Diplomystes chilensis 1782 Mugiloides chilensis 1782 INVERTEBRATA Genus Pyura (Tunicata) Species Anthaxia maulica 1782 (Coleoptera) Aulacomya atra 1782 (Mollusca) Austromegabalanus psittacus 1788 (Crustacea) Bothriurus chilensis 1782 (Arachnida) Cancer setosus 1782 (Crustacea) Castnia psittacus 1788 (Lepidoptera) Chloromytilus chorus 1782 (Mollusca) Cryphiops caementarius 1782 (Crustacea) Ctenoderus maulicus 1782 (Coleoptera) Ensis macha 1782 (Mollusca) Hagnagora ceraria 1782 (Lepidoptera) Hesperocharis leucothea 1782 (Lepidoptera) Leukoma thaca 1782 (Mollusca) Lithodes santolla 1782 (Crustacea) Loxechinus albus 1782 (Echinodermata) Paraphysa scrofa 1788 (Arachnida) Pholas chiloensis 1782 (Mollusca) Pyura chilensis 1782 (Tunicata) Tetrapygus niger 1782 (Echinodermata) Tipula moschifera 1782 (Diptera) HONORS Molinia Schrank 1789 (Poaceae) Molinaea Commerson ex A.L. Jussieu 1789 (Sapindaceae) Neomolina Hellwig 1993 (Asteraceae) Molinaranea Mello Leitão 1940 (Arachnida) Molinella Navas 1910 (Neuroptera)
Juan Enrique MacKinnon
Juan Enrique Mac Kinnon Artagaveytia, Uruguayan medical mycologist (Montevideo 24 June 1904 – Montevideo 16 April 1987) ACHIEVEMENTS Demonstrated that cell wall of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis was much thinner than that of Blastomyces dermatidis (1940s) Proposed the existence of subclinical forms of paracoccidioidomycosis First to detect infection caused by paracoccidiodomycosis (1953) Proposed the currently accepted course of events in paracoccidioidomycosis (1959) Demonstrated the various responses at distinct temperatures in paracoccidioidomycosis and sporotrichosis With I.A. Conti Díaz first to note actinomycetoid granules surrounded by a crown of eosinophilic clubs in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1969) With Gezuelle & Conti Díaz noted a bulky capsule in cells of Phialophora spinifera until then undescribed (1973) With R. Talice described the both fungal species Penicillium bertai 1929 and Aspergillus montevidensis 1931 With Ferrada Urzua & Montemayor described Madurella grisea, a new agent of maduromycosis (1949) HONORS/OTHERS Founder, International Society for Human and Animal Mycology Rhoda Benham Award, Medical Mycology Society of Americas (1970) LINKS http://www.isham.org/heroes/ProfMacKinnon.html http://www.smu.org.uy/dpmc/hmed/historia/articulos/mackinnon.pdf
Juan Cesar Mussio Fournier
Juan Cesar Mussio Fournier, Uruguayan endocrinologist and neurologist (Montevideo 07 February 1890 – Montevideo 03 April 1961) From Genovese and French ancestry Authored 214 papers ACHIEVEMENTS Described Mussio Fournier syndrome With A. Garra. Troubles neurologiques produits par l’oedeme de Quincke. Revue Neurol. 1(6):1444-7, 1932. Described the clinical features of restless legs syndrome With F. Rawak. Familiares auftreten vom pruritus urtikaria und parasthetischer hyperkinese der unteren extremitaten. Conf in Neurol. III:110-4, 1940 Described the association between narcolepsy and Erb-Goldflam disease Consideration générale sur la narcolepsie et le maladie de Erb-Goldflam. Estud. Clin. Med. (1929) Described the association between Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome, Legg-Perthes disease and Telfort-Smith finger With J.P. Saralegui. Sindrome de Laurence-Moon-Biedl avec diabete insipide y maladie de Legg-Perthes et doight de Telfort-Smith. Bull. Med. Soc. Med. Hop. Paris (1948) First to demonstrate that testicular tumours may produce folliculine Introduced melanophorin therapy for treatment of ocular diseases HONORS Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Paris Medicine & Physiology Nobel prize nominee (1950) EPONYMY Hutinel-Mussio Fournier syndrome (hemiparesia associated to myxoedema) Mussio Fournier sign (changes in aquilian reflex seen in myxoedema) Mussio Fournier-Cerviño sign (infantile myxedema associated to hunger infantilism) Mussio Fournier-Albrieux-Grosso test for quantitative determination of progesterone