Protasio Lemos da Luz
Protásio Lemos da Luz, Brazilian cardiologist (Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul State 24 February 1940 – Created the concept of myocardial hibernation With G.A. Diamond, J.S. Forrester et al. Post-extrasystolic potentiation of ischemic myocardium by atrial stimulation. Am. Heart J. 95:204-9, 1978 With L.B. Puig, L. Franca Neto, M. Rati, J.A.F. Ramires, F. Pileggi & A.D. Jatene. A technique of anastomosis of the right internal mammary artery to the circunflex artery and its branches. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 38:533-4, 1984 With S. Almeida Oliveira, A.C.P. Barretto, C. Mady, L.A. Dallan, A.D. Jatene & F. Pileggi. Surgical treatment of endomyocardial fibrosis: a new approach. American Journal of Cardiology 16:1246-51, 1990 With S. Santos, O. Papini, C.E. Omosako et al. A simple HPLC-fluorescence method for the measurement of R,S sotalol in the plasma of patients with lifethreateing cardiac arrhythmias. Braz. J. Med. Biol. Res. 33:199-04, 2000 With A.C.P. Chagas, M.H.C. Carvalho, A.P. Dantas, M.B. Jatene & L.C.B. Souza. Influence of hypoxia on nitric acid synthase activity and gene expression in children with congenital heart disease. A novel pathophysiological adaptive mechanism. Circulation 103:2272-6, 2001
Policarpo Luis
Policarpo Luis Martín, Argentine microchemist (Tres Arroyos 28 July 1914 – ?) Developed a new method for isolating and identifying cocaine before a number of anesthetic compounds Developed a new color reaction for assessing nicotine (1941) Proposed new reagents for identifying hydrogen cyanide such as PAR-palladium
Pingtao Li
Ping Tao Li or Bingtao Li, Chinese botanist (1936 – DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Genera Antiostelma 1992 with Tsiang Archileptopus 1991 Chieniodendron 1964 with Tsiang Parepigynum 1973 with Tsiang Pentastelma 1974 with Tsiang Sichuania 1995 with Gilbert Sinomarsdenia 1997 with Chen Tsiangia 1986 with But & Hsue Vietnamia 1994 Species About 200 Others 4 tribes, 1 subfamily, 1 subgenus, 9 sections and 11 varieties
Peter Wilhelm Lund
Peter Wilhelm Lund, Danish-born Brazilian naturalist and archaeologist (Copenhagen 14 June 1801 – Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais State 25 May 1880) First cousin of famous philosopher Soren Kierkergaard Performed the first correct description of Decapoda crustacean heart (1825) Described plant species Eupatorium rufescens 1836 First to report the existence of sambaquis in coasts and rupestrian inscriptions in caves of Brazil Discovered Lagoa Santa Man (1843) DESCRIBED ANIMALIA TAXA Hymenoptera Genera (1831) Ancylognathus Condylodon Crematogaster Dolicherus Dolichoderus Pseudomyrmex Valid Fossil Mammalia Genera Leptotherium 1838 Ocnotherium 1842 Protopithecus 1838 Smilodon 1842 Species 32 Valid Living Mammalia Genera Phyllomys 1839 Speothos 1839 Species Calomys expulsus 1841 Carterodon sulcidens 1841 Didelphis albiventris 1840 Lycalopex vetulus 1842 Marmosops incanus 1840 Necromys lasiurus 1840 Oryzomys laticeps 1840 Phyllomys brasiliensis 1839 Rhipidomys masacalis 1840 Speothos venaticus 1839 Thrichomys apereoides 1839 Subspecies Cabassous unicinctus squamicaudis 1845 Speothos venaticus venaticus 1839 Trinomys setosus elegans 1841 Thrichomys apereoides apereoides 1839 HONORS Lundia A. DC 1838 (Bignoniaceae) Lundiella Carvalho 1951 (Hemiptera) Lundomys Voss & Carleton 1993 (Mammalia)
Pedro Larghero Ibarz
Pedro Larghero Ibarz or Ybarz, Uruguayan surgeon (Montevideo 13 March 1901 – Montevideo 1963) Authored 172 papers Described Larghero Ibarz cholecystographic halo sign (1962) Eponym of Larghero cholecystis or exfoliative cholecystis SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With W. Venturino & G. Broli. Equinococosis hidatica del abdomen (1962) With H. Ardao & P. Purriel. Pioneumotorax y colepioneumotorax hidático (1935) Foreign Associate Member, Academie de Chirurgie de France (1948)
Pedro Lagleyze
Pedro Lagleyze Gastelú, Argentine ophthalmologist (Buenos Aires 03 September 1855 – Buenos Aires 14 August 1916) Son of French immigrants Described the aneurismatic degeneration of the retinal arteries or Lagleyze-Von Hippel disease (1888) Developed surgical procedures and instruments OPERATIONS/APPARATUSES An operation for entropion for upper and lower eyelid (Lagleyze technique) Operation for entropion and trichiasis by a new method. Ann. Ophthalm. St. Louis 14:473-7, 1905 A tucking operation of the eye for strabismus with muscle shortening (Lagleyze method) Nuevo procedimiento para el acortamiento muscular en el estrabismo (1891) Placing ocular prosthesis employing paraffin spheres after nucleation (Lagleyze method) A procedure for pterygion Transconjunctival approach for treatment of cysts (1884) Auto-ophthalmoscopic procedure Amputation of anterior segment of ocular globe Lagleyze needle A device for demonstrating ocular refraction states