Juan José Martínez de Lexarza
Juan José Martínez de Lexarza y Alday, Mexican naturalist (Valladolid, Michoacán State 15 December 1785 – Morelia 29 September 1824) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Valid Genera Alamania 1824 (Orchidaceae) Arpophyllum 1825 (Orchidaceae) Cuitlauzina 1824 with La Llave (Orchidaceae) Lennoa 1824 (Lennoaceae) Morelosia 1824 (Boraginaceae) Subgenus Bravoa 1824 (Amaryllidaceae) Species 73 (at least 23 are valid) HONORS Lexarzanthe Diego & Calderón de Rzedowski 2004 (Brassicaceae)
Juan Carlos Lindquist
Juan Carlos Lindquist Dominique, Argentine mycologist and plant pathologist (Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires Province 09 February 1899 – La Plata, Buenos Aires Province 02 November 1990) From Swedish father Gained international recognition for his studies on Uredinales and Peronosporales Authored over 100 scientific and popular papers DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Valid Genera Acroconidiella 1964 with Alippi Diorchidiella 1957 Discoxylaria 1964 with Wright Hughesinia 1970 with Gamundi Species Aecidium approximans 1952 Aecidium jatrophicola 1952 Aecidium tafiense 1952 Colletotrichum consociatum 1948 Discoxylaria myrmecophila 1964 with Wright Entyloma peullensis 1960 Hughesinia chusquea 1970 Maravalia sebastianiae 1951 Peronospora convolvuli 1946 Prospodium tumefaciens 1978 Puccinia andalgalensis 1955 Puccinia dusenii 1955 Puccinia entrerriana 1954 Puccinia lorentzianae 1952 Puccinia meloncilloi 1952 Puccinia moschopsidis 1955 Puccinia petrakii 1957 Puccinia puntana 1952 Puccinia ruelliicola 1952 Puccinia scutiae 1978 Puccinia singeri 1952 Puccinia subtropica 1958 Puccinia tandilensis 1963 Puccinia ventanensis 1948 Ravenelia chacoensis 1946 Ravenelia sarmientoi 1978 Ravenelia spegazziniana 1946 Thecaphora burkartii 1953 Thecaphora frezii 1962 with Carranza Uredo hoveniae 1968 with Costa Neto Uredo insignis 1955 Uredo sleumeri Urocystis phaceliae 1982 with Gamundi Uromyces correntinus Uromyces nassauviae Uromyces ruiz-leali 1949 Ustilago tinantiae 1953 HONORS (Fungi) Lindquistia Subramanian & Chandrasekhara 1977 Lindquistomyces Arambarri, Muller & Gamundi 1982
João Garcia Leme
João Garcia Leme, Brazilian pharmacologist (Santa Rosa do Viterbo, São Paulo State 1936 – Guarujá, São Paulo State 08 November 2005) ACHIEVEMENTS Gained international recognition on inflammation pharmacology and physiopathology researches Claimed chemical mediators in inflammatory reaction act sinergically Demonstrated that development of acute inflammatory reactions is under a retrograde regulated mechanism (1975) Demonstrated occurrence of a pro-inflammatory factor in lymph cells (1975-6) Characterized the lymphocytic pro-inflammatory factor Demonstrated with colleagues insulin regulation role on the development of inflammatory process (1970s) Discovered action of sensitive nerves in inflammatory response regulation (1978) Described the first antagonists of bradykinin Co-authored with M. Rocha e Silva & H. Rothschild Chemical Mediators of the acute inflammatory reaction edited by Pergamon Press in 1972 and worldwide used
João de Azevedo Lage
João de Azevedo Lage, Brazilian orthopedic surgeon (Santos, São Paulo State 03 December 1920 – São Paulo 25 July 2001) CREATED/DEVELOPED Lage angled plate for osteosynthesis of trochanterian fractures (1952) Lage prosthesis for arthroplasty of coxofemoral articulation (1956), a curved shaft prosthesis with three-points support of which design presents a worldwide used principle Lage-Napoli pedicled neotectum for treatment of hip luxation and dysplasia (1985) An all-cement prosthesis With R. Godoy Moreira. A new surgical technique for intramedullary osteosynthesis of tibia in Osteosíntese intramedular de tibia. Nova técnica. (1956) A new surgical technique for wrist arthrodesis With Manlio L. Napoli a new kind of apparatus for femoral elongation and a new surgical technique for reconstruction of acetabular tectum of coxofemoral articulation Perfected decalcified homologous bone graft method New prosthesis for hip arthroplasty (1986) LINKS http://clinicalage.com/site/a-clinica/historia/
João Baptista de Lacerda
João Baptista de Lacerda, Brazilian physician, naturalist and anthropologist (Campos, Rio de Janeiro State 12 July 1846 – Rio de Janeiro 06 August 1915) ACHIEVEMENTS Described snake Bothrops jararacussu (1884) Studied toxicity of snake, amphibians and plants toxins First discovered proteolytic and lipolytic enzymes in snake venoms, being the first report about occurence of enzymes in snake venom Described convulsivant properties of Ichthyothere conamby, sedative properties of mulungu and paralyzant properties of abutua Discovered archaic dolichocephaly in Indians (1876) Established that snake venom is a digestive juice Provas experimentaes de que a peçonha das cobras é um succo digestivo (1881) Discovered neutralizing action of potassium permanganate on snake venom in vitro O permanganato de potassa como antídoto da peçonha das cobras. União Médica 1:514-9, 561-8, 1881 Sur le permanganate de potasse employé comme antidote du venin du serpent. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 93:466-7, 1881. Leçons sur le venin des serpents du Brésil et sur la méthode de traitement des morsures venimeuses par le permanganate de potasse (1884) Described toxic effects of cassava juice in dogs, birds and frogs Investigações experimentaes sobre os efeitos tóxicos do succo da mandioca (Manihot utilissima). 1881 Defined the concept of Sambaqui Man O homem dos Sambaquis. Contribuição para a anthropologia brazileira. Arch. Mus. Rio de Janeiro (1885) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Anthropology Documents pour servir a l’histoire de l’homme fossile du Brésil. Mem. Soc. Anthrop. Paris 2:517-42, 1875 With J.R. Peixoto. Contribuições para o estudo antropológico das raças indígenas do Brasil. Arch. Museo Nac. 1:44-75, 1876 O homem fossil de Lagoa Santa. Rev. Bras. 7 (1881) Cranios de Maracá, Guyana Brasileira. Arch. Mus. Nac. 4:35-45, 1881 Craneos de Maracá, Guyana Brasileira, contribuições para o estudo anthropológico das raças indígenas. Arch. Mus. Nac. 1:53-74, 1881 A morphologia craneana do homem dos sambaquis. Rev. Exp. Antropol. Bras. 4:133, 1882 Sobre a conformação dos dentes. Rev. Exp. Antropol. Bras. (1882) Contribuições para archeologia paulista. Os sambaquis. Bol. Com. Geogr. Geol. Estado São Paulo 9 (1885) La force musculaire chez les Indiens. 1893 Tr. Pan-Am. M. Congress 2:1297, 1895 Sur les méties au Brésil. First Universal Congress about Races 1:12, 1911 Medicine and Biomedicine Relatório sobre a peste dos suínos no Estado de Minas Gerais (1899) Infecção e propagação da febre amarella no Rio de Janeiro. Gaz. Med. Bahia 5 (1897-8) Les mesures prophylactique contre les epidemies. 1893 Trans. Pan-Am. Med. Congress 2:1959-60, 1895 Sur les troubles fonctionnels dus à la chaleur. 1893 Trans. Pan-Am. Med Congress 2:1298-9, 1895 O micróbio pathogênico da febre amarella (1893) Natureza, causa, prophylaxia e tratamento do beriberi (1890) O micróbio do beriberi, suas relações com o processo anatomo-pathologico desta moléstia, seguido de um estudo sobre a causa da enzootia denominada “peste de cadeiras” (1887) Peste de cadeiras ou epizootica de Marajó, suas analogias com o beri-beri. Pathogenesia Comparada. Am.J. Medical Sciences 184:512, 1886 Pathogenesia comparada. Peste de cadeiras ou epizootia de Marajó, suas analogias com o beriberi (1885) De la cause primordiale de la fievre jaune. Gaz. Hopitaux 56:821-2, 1883 Etiologia e genesis do beriberi (1883) As bactérias e os vibriões. Rev. Bras. 3 (1880) Notas sobre as condições que favorecem a decomposição dos ossos (1879) With A. Ramos. Le bacille icteroide et sa toxine (experience de controle). Arch. Med. Exp. Anat. Pathol. Note sur la comparison du beriberi avec nevrilite alccolique au pinte de vue clinique. Rev. Neurol. Toxinology A acção physiologica do urari. Arch. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 1:37-43, 1876 Algumas experiências com o veneno do Bufo ictericus Spix (crapaud du Brésil). Arq. Museo Nac. 3:33-9, 1878 Venin des serpents. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 87:1093-5, 1878 With L. Couty. Sur l’origine de proprietés toxiques du curare. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 89:719-26, 1879 With L. Couty. Sur um nouveau curare extrait d’ une seule plante, le Strychnos triplinervia. Comp. Rend. Hebd. Acad. Sciences 89 (13):582-4, 1879 O veneno crotálico. Rev. Bras. 2 (1879) With L. Couty. Le curare, son origine, son action, ses usages. Arch. Phys. Norm. Path. 7(2):697-737, 1880 O permanganate de potassa como antídoto da peçonha das cobras. Gaz. Med. Bahia 6(5):191-7, 1881 O veneno ophidico e seus antídotos (1881) Leçons sur le venin des serpents du Brésil et sur la méthode de traitement des morsures venimeuses par le permanganate de potasse (1884) Experiencias physiologicas com algumas plantas tóxicas do Brasil (1890) De Varis plantis veneniferis florae brasiliensis. Studium physiologicum. Arch. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 15:1-137, 1909 Remarques ethnographiques et physiologiques sur le curare (1913) Curare: prepare an moyen d’une seule plante de la familie des Menispermacées (Anospermum grandifolium Eichler) HONORS Honor Bronze Medal, Anthropology Show of Paris (1878) for his work Contribuições para o estudo antropológico das raças indigenas do Brazil (with Rodrigues Peixoto)
José Venâncio Pereira Leite
José Venâncio Pereira Leite, Brazilian physiologist (Cuiabá 11 March 1920 – São Paulo 26 December 1980) Discovered that early newborn babies require low quantities of oxygen due to Bohr effect (higher quantities can be toxic) TECHNIQUES/INVENTIONS Described a new plethysmograph (1951) With E.M. Tinoco. Early diagnosis and prognosis of shock by an original plethysmographic technique. Rev. Bras. Cir. 24(2):183-214, 1952 With C.E. Negreiros de Paiva. Artefato de estímulo. Uma técnica fácil de sua eliminação (1954) Electrolytic method for preparation of pure oxygen for physiological purposes. Acta Physiol. Latinoam. 11(4):243, 1961 With R.F. Marseillan. Dourado eletrolítico de eletrodos para implantação permanente (1961) A respiration calorimeter with automated determination A digital isometric miograph (with C.E. Negreiros de Paiva) 1966 Equipment for manometry of biliary during surgery Conductivity bridges and cells for electrical measurement of human serum and plasma A continuous current source for iontophoretic purposes (with J.R. Woiski) A construction technique of chromatography columns A technique of sealing metal in glass for manufacture of many kinds of electrode Suppressing electrode for stimulus artifact Developed a coulometric method of oxygen consumption measurement (1971) With L.C. Michelini & E.M. Krieger. A new electrolyte strain gauge to study changes in aortic caliber produced by hypertension. J. Hypert. Diseases, 1981 Developed a new process for recording the in vitro activity of vascular segments described in Diewirkung des digitoxins auf isolerte segmente menslicher saphena Nebenvenen A thermostatic chambre (with J.P. Brittes) A photoelectric pletysmograph A transistorized electric integrator for analyses of pressoceptors discharges A chamber for measuring the oxygen uptake by newborn babies (1972)