Braulio Moyano
Braulio Aurelio Moyano Arce, Argentine neuropathologist (Villa Mercedes, San Luis Province 21 August 1906 – Buenos Aires 07 July 1959) Authored 22 works Reported the presence of neurofibrillary tangles and plaques in the brain of patients diagnosed with Pick and Alzheimer diseases (1931) His doctoral thesis La demencia senil y demencias preseniles (1932) gained international repercussion Discovered that the first Pick dementia symptom is the loss of the inner language known as amnesic aphasia sign Discovered the pathogeny of Argyll-Robertson sign due to demyelization of iris nervous fibers (1935) with Roque Orlando Discovered the origin of upper via aberrans in frontal median zone Located the function of brain cortical mantle Demonstrated the proliferation of microgliae in malariotherapy Described a new typical form of general progressive paralysis With G. Bosch. Una nueva forma atipica de la Paralisis General Progresiva. Bol. Acad. Nac. Medic. (1941) Introduced modifications to Weigert method in order to freeze the brain
Bhalchendra Bhavanishankar Mundkur
Bhalchendra Bhavanishankar Mundkur, Indian mycologist and plant pathologist (Mundkar Village, Mangalore, Tamil Nadu State 26 June 1896 – Poona 13 December 1952) Authored about 80 papers With Bedi showed how occur infection by Tilletia indica (1943) DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Genera Catenulopsora 1943 Dasturella 1943 with Kheswalla Mehtamyces 1945 with Thirumalachar Santapauella 1945 with Thirumalachar Species Over a hundred HONORS Mundkurella Thirumalachar 1944 (Fungi)
Bernardino Mateu Amengual
Bernardino Mateu Amengual, Argentine plant chemist (fl.1948-94) With P. Legname & P. Seeligmann. Bases morfologicas y quimicas permitem justificar el reconocimiento de variedades de Acacia aroma Gill ap. H et A (Leguminosae). Lilloa 35(2):112, 1979 Un metodo simple y rapido para identificar cobalto separado por cromatografia de papel (1974) With J.M. Rodríguez Vaquero. Aislamiento de un nuevo alcaloide de Scoparia dulcis L. (nota preliminar). Arch. Farm. Bioquim. Tucumán 7:1, 1955 With F.H. Naim Kent. Identification and separation of minute quantities of alkaloids by microphotography on paper. Arch. Farm. Bioquim. Tucumán 4:333-43, 1950
Avadh Behari Misra
Avadh Behari Misra, Indian zoologist and microscopist (Serai-Meran, Fatehgarh District, Uttar Pradesh 27 January 1900 – 24 March 1967) Son of entomologist Rai Bahadur Chandrasekhar Misra SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The recurrent sexual cycle of birds (1962) The annual reproductive cycles of some Indian birds. Jour. Sci. Res. Benares Hindu University 11:342-85, 1960 With S.R. Rao. The development of the ovary in the female of Drosicha (Monophlebus) quadricaudatus (Green) (Homoptera:Coccidae) (1960) With A.G. Sathyanesan. On the persistence of the orohypophysial duct in some clupeoid fishes. Proc. Int. Zool. Congr. p.5-27, 1958 Sexual periodicity in birds with special reference to India. Proc. Ind. Sci. Congr. 35th session p.93-112, 1948 With V. Prabhaker Rao. The hypodermal glands of Pulvinaria maxima Green. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. 28(3):205-6, 1942 Gross changes in the testes of Passer domesticus. Proc. Indian Soc. Congr. 28:186-7, 1942 (abst) The reproductive cycle of common crow (Corvus splendens). Proc. Ind. Sci. Congr. 3:158-9, 1940 The structure and secretion of the ovisac by the female of Drosichiella (Monophlebus) quadricaudata. Verhandl. 2:872-6, 1939 The differentiation and development of the male reproductive system in Drosichiella (Monophlebus) quadricaudata with remarks on copulation between two sexes. Verhandl. 2:866-71, 1939 A note on the chromosomes of Acrydium japonicum (Orthoptera). J. Genet. 13:175-6, 1937 The chromosomes of an earwig, Forficula scudderi Borm. Jap. J. Genet. 13:171-4, 1937 A study of the chromosomes of two Japanese species of spittle-insects belonging to the family Cercopidae (Homoptera). J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Univ. 6(5):255-64, 1937 On the internal anatomy of the male lac insect Laccifer lacca (Homoptera:Coccidae). Proc. Zool. Soc. London Pt.IV:1359-81, 1931 On the internal anatomy of the female lac insect Laccifer lacca (Homoptera:Coccidae). Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1):297-323, 1931 On the anatomy of the larvae of Laccifer lacca Kerr (Hom:Coccidae). Bull. Ent. Res. 22:297-306, 1931 On the post-embryonic development of the female lac insect Laccifer lacca Kerr (Homoptera: Coccidae). Bull. Ent. Res. 21(4):455-67, 1930 On a collection of lac insects from Northern India. Bull. Ent. Res. 21:161-4, 1930 On the genitalia of the male lac-insect (Tachardia lacca Kerr) with a note on its method of copulation.Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. 11:119, 1924 With S.N. Mehrotra. Diurnal mitosis in the testes of Indian birds HONORS Misracoccus Prabhaker Rao 1950 (Hemiptera)
Augusto Severo Maranhão
Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão, Brazilian aeronaut (Macaíba, Rio Grande do Norte State 11 January 1864 – Paris 12 May 1902) ACHIEVEMENTS Conceived and patented Bartolomeu de Gusmão balloon in France (1893), when created dirigibility of semi-rigid balloons Constructed dirigible Pax, praised for many specialists of field (1902). It was an improvement of anterior dirigible. Placed traction line coincident to drag one to better control handling aircraft and first to place screw propeller at end axis of dirigibles PATENTS A resistance turbo engine (1896) Driving mechanism for balloons (1891 & 1899) A rotative reversible machine for graphical imprinting A direct circular engine (1901)
Attilio Macchiavello
Attilio Macchiavello Varas, Chilean hygienist and epidemiologist (Antofagasta 07 December 1902 – Santiago de Chile 14 December 1996) From Italian father Authored over 200 papers (until 1962) ACHIEVEMENTS With Richard Dresser. A modified method of obtaining large amounts of Rickettsia prowazeki by roentgen irradiation of rats. J. Exp. Med. 62(3): 297-304, 1935 Developed Macchiavello stain for Chlamydia and Rickettsia Estudios sobre tifo exantemático. III. Un nuevo metodo para teñir Rickettsia. Rev. Chil. Hig. Med. Prev. 1:101-6, 1937 Described murine pseudo plague with paralysis caused by Klebsiella muris Pseudo-peste murina con paralisis del tren posterior, nueva enfermedad epizootica de la rata causada por Klebsiella. Arch. Hig. Rio de Janeiro 12:69-92, 1942 Proposed intradermic auto hemotherapy for systemic bartonellosis Posible Nuevo tratamento para la bartonelosis sistemica. Auto-hemoterapia intradérmica. Mecanismo fisio-patologico de la infección bartonelar. Rev. Ecuat. Hig. Med. Trop. 1(4):341-61, 1944 With A.B. Coutinho described adenomieloenterosis, a new viral cat disease (1944) First to report bubonic plague control employing DDT Identified cold inguinal bubo as pestis minor Described pestous multiganglionic fever as a new syndrome Reported the first case of mixed infection by Pasteurella pestis & Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis First to show the lack of Vitamin E as the main responsible for murine rodents migration First to indicate those murine rodents that are relatively refractory to bubonic plague are intersazonal reservoirs of that disease Described a great number of new bubonic plague reservoirs and vectors (1954) Developed a new global rat-flea index (adopted by World Health Organization) First to grow trachoma virus on eggs describing its life cycle before Chinese scientists (1944) First vital case of toxoplasmosis in a systematic manner in medical literature Introduced the concept of sanimetry (1960s) LINKS http://repositorio.iaen.edu.ec/bitstream/24000/1177/1/REG%20162%20ASESORIA%20GENERAL%201963%201964%20.pdf