John Imray
John Imray, Scottish physician in Dominica (Forfarshire 11 January 1811- Saint Aroment 22 August 1880) Authored Memoir on Yaws (1873) becoming the greatest authority on framboesia of his day First observed tumors occupying the cavities of the heart covered with a smooth transparent membrane on the mal d’estomac or cachexia africana On the mal d’estomac, or cachexia africana, amongst the negroes of Dominica. Edinb. Med. Surg. J. 59:304-21, 1843 Collected new plant species from Dominica described by botanists SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The useful woods of the island of Dominica. Technologist 2:382-91, 1862 Observations on the characters of endemic fever in the island of Dominica. Edinb. Med. J. 70:1848 On the nature, causes and treatment of yellow fever. Edinb. Med. J. (1841) Observations illustrating the characters of a febrile epidemic which prevailed in Dominica in 1838. Edinb. Med. J. 53:78-95, 1840 On the treatment of tetanus by opium and hydrate of chloral in combination
Ivanissevich family
Oscar Ivanissevich Defilippis, Argentine physician and diplomat (Buenos Aires 05 August 1895 – Buenos Aires 06 June 1976) From Croatian descent Developed suprainguinal approach ligation of only the spermatic vein for cure of left scrotal varicocele known as Ivanissevich-Gregorini method With H. Gregorini. Una nueva operación para curar el varicocele. Sem. Med. 25:575, 1918 Proposed retroperitoneal varicocele method Varicocele. Rev. San. Militar 36:201, 1937 With José B. Velez Díez Canseco & Carlos I. Rivas. Ginecomastia. Nueva técnica para su tratamento quirurgico. Bol. Inst. Clin. Quir. Univ. Buenos Aires 17:381, 1941 With J. Arce proposed surgical methods for hydatid cysts With I. Prini, R.C. Ferrari & C. Rivas developed innovative techniques of plastic surgery OFFICES Minister of Education (1948-50; 1974-5) EPONYMY Ivanissevich-Ferrari minimal appendicular syndrome (1933) Ivanissevich-Rivas notch sign (1945) Ivanissevich-Ferrari double arc sign for diagnosis of lung hydatidosis (1938) Lagos García-Segers-Ivanissevich’s water-hyacinth sign for diagnosis of lung hydatidosis Ivanissevich rhinoplasty Ivanissevich maneuver for verifying blood reflux (first proposed by Key-Curling) Ivanissevich technique for opening a parametric ascending abscess of iliac crest His brother, Ludovico Ivanissevich Defilippis, civil engineer (14 February 1889 – August 1957) With Enrique Butty patented an apparatus to track ellipses, parables and hyperboles (number 5375) Son of Ludovico, Ludovico Ivanissevich Machado, hydraulic engineer (Buenos Aires 13 August 1927 – CONTRIBUTIONS Universal diagram for right hydraulic calculation of pipelines (Extension of Powell diagram) 1966 Pouring gate of automatic branching with constant net output (1970) Mathematical model for irrigation and drainage networks (1971) Formulae for calculating abrasion bounds in rocky and granular beds (1980) Sunken springboard theory of simple launching (1981) Mathematical model for studying bed abrasions and cofferdams stability during river deviation (1985)
Ivan Antonio Izquierdo
Ivan Antonio Izquierdo Gobic, Argentine-born Brazilian neurobiochemist (Buenos Aires 16 September 1937 – Porto Alegre 09 February 2021) Son of Croatian mother ACHIEVEMENTS Internationally respected as world leader in memory physiology Pioneer on research about endogenous opioids Discovered neurohumoral (β-endorfine & benzodiazepinics) and hormone mechanisms that regulates formation, evocation, persistence and extinction of memory Obtained the memory solidification map Determinated the cascade of biochemical events in hippocampus and in other brain structures required to memories formation Discovered functional, anatomical and molecular separation between short term and long term memories (1998) and the endogenous state dependence as a key regulator in memory and brain functioning Discovered the key role of neurotrophic factors and ubiquitine/proteasome system in hippocampus for memory formation (2001-6) With J. Medina, M. Cammarota, J. Rossato & B. Bevilaqua discovered brain mechanism via dopamine that controls the persistence of recollections in the memory (2009) With J. Miskiw & C. Furini discovered a hippocampal mechanism that causes fear memory extinction (2014) Authored with J.H. Medina. Memory formation: the sequence of biochemical events in the hippocampus and its connection to activity in other brain structures. Neurobiol. Learn. Memory 68(3):285-316, 1997 (with over 1,000 citations) With D.M. Barros, T. Mello e Souza, M.M. de Souza, L.A. Izquierdo & J.H. Medina. Mechanisms for memory types differ, Nature 393:635-6, 1998 Held over 25,000 citations HONOURS UNESCO – Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in Life Sciences (2017)
INDIA
Vinod Kumar Gaur, Indian seismologist and geophysicist (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh State 11 July 1936 – Discovered host rock effect in the electromagnetic response of subsurface geological conductors or geoelectromagnetics (1959) First to use global positioning system in geodesy HONOURS Flinn Award, American Geophysical Union (2000) Harnam Singh Hans, Indian nuclear physicist (Multan District, Punjab State 21 November 1922 – 19 March 2014) Studied reactions data at 14.8 MeV neutron energy which gave an insight into pre-equilibrium for the first time in the literature First to propose the 696.2 KeV level to be Coulomb excited Kusum Kanta, Indian botanist Achieved the first intra-ovarian pollination Intra-ovarian pollination in Papaver rhoeas L. Nature 188:683-4, 1960 Performed the first experiment of direct pollination of ovules with formation of viable cells in vitro With N.S. Rangaswamy & P. Maheshwari. Test tube fertilization in a flowering plant. Nature 194:1214-7, 1962 Munshi Murdan Ali, Indian botanist (19th century) He was keeper of the Saharanpur Botanic Garden HONORS Murdannnia Royle 1840 (Commelinaceae) Raghubir Prasad, Indian mycologist and plant pathologist (Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh 11 December 1907 – Delhi 17 February 1992) Authored over 150 research papers Discovered Alternaria blight of wheat Described life cycle of flax rust (Melampsora lini) With B.S. Mehrotra described 6 new fungi species
Hyam Isaacs
Hyam Isaacs, South African neurologist (1927 – 11 May 2003) Recognized as international authority on myotonia, the muscle/nerve motor plate and hyperpyrexia under anaesthesia Described Isaacs-Mertens syndrome or neuromiotonia A syndrome of continuous muscle-fiber activity. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. 24:319-25, 1961 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With M.E. Badenhorst. False-negative results with muscle caffeine halothane contracture testing for malignant hyperthermia. Anesthes. 79:5-9, 1993 With M.E. Badenhorst. Dominantly inherited malignant hyperthermia (MH) in the King-Denborough syndrome. Muscle Nene 15:740-2, 1992 With M.E. Badenhorst & C. du Sautoy. Myophosphorylase B deficiency and malignant hyperthermia. Muscle Nerve 12:203-5, 1989 Stiffman syndrome in a black girl. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 42:988-94, 1979 With J.J.A. Heffron. Malignant hyperthermia syndrome: evidence for denervation change in human skeletal muscle. Klin. Woch. 54:865, 1976 With J.J. A. Heffron. Morphological and biochemical defects in the muscles of human carriers of the malignant syndrome. Br.J. Anaesthes. 47:475, 1975 With J.J.A. Heffron & M. Badenhorst. Central core disease: a correlated genetic histochemical, ultramicroscopic and biochemical study. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 38(12):1177, 1975 With G. Muncke. Idiopathic cardiomyopathy and skeletal abnormality. Am. Heart J. 90:767-73, 1975 With M.B. Barlow. Central core disease associated with elevated creatine phosphokinase levels: two members of a family known to be susceptible to malignant hyperpyrexia. S. Afr. Med. J. 48:640-2, 1974 With J.J.A. Heffron. The syndrome of “continuous-muscle-fibre activity” cured: further studies. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 37(11):123-5, 1974 With M.B. Barlow. Malignant hyperpyrexia. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 36(2):228-47, 1973 With M.B. Barlow. Malignant hyperpyrexia during anaesthesia: possible association with subclinical myopathy. Br. Med. J. 1:275, 1970 Quantal squander. S. Afr. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 10:93-5, 1964 The treatment of myotonia congenita. S. Afr. Med. J. 33:984-6, 1959 Familial pes cavus, absent tendon jerks and extensive muscular atrophy. S. Afr. Med. J. 32:830-2, 1958
Hermann Von Ihering
Hermann Friedrich Albrecht Von Ihering, German / Brazilian (Kiel 09 October 1850 – Giessen 24 February 1930) Discovered lasidium larva of freshwater bivalves (1871) Studied the nervous system of Mollusca phylum (1876) Enunciated Von Ihering rule about autochthony of South American animals Enunciated 3 rules about the presence of parasites in land mammalians during migrations (1902) DESCRIBED ANIMALIA TAXA Subphylum Amphineura 1878 Turbellaria Genus Graffilla 1880 Hymenoptera Genus Frieseomelitta 1912 Brachiopoda Genus Pachymagas 1903 Ichnofossil Genus Chubutolithes 1922 Arachnida Species At least 28 Mollusca Genera Ameghinomyia 1907 Aporodoris 1886 Austrocominella 1907 Brasilotethys 1915 Castalina 1891 Cearella 1906 Corbiculella 1907 Doringina 1929 Entacanthus 1907 Eostrea 1907 Humboldtiana 1892 Metafruticicola 1892 Mytiloperna 1903 Neohelix 1892 Neoimbricaria 1907 Neoinoceramus 1902 Odontogryphaea 1903 Pachycymbiola 1907 Parahelix 1892 Pseudotylostoma 1904 Scaphella 1907 Sphenaturia 1921 Trichomya 1900 Trinchesia 1879 Vitrinopygio 1892 Zygochlamys 1907 Other taxa 326 Pisces Species Gobius silveiraemartinsi 1893 Zungaro jahu 1898 Aves Species Emberizoides ypiranganus 1907 with R. Ihering Phylloscartes difficilis 1907 with R. Ihering Phylloscartes paulista 1907 with R. Ihering Sarkidiornis sylvicola 1907 with R. Ihering Xiphorhynchus juruanus 1905 Subspecies Dendrocolaptes certhia juruanus 1905 Epinecrophylla haematonota amazonica 1905 Icterus cayanensis valenciobuenoi 1902 Myrmotherula longipennis garbei 1905 Pheugopedius genibarbus juruanus 1905 Thamnophilus aethiops juruanus 1905 Mammalia Species Phyllomys thomasi 1871 Subspecies Speothos venaticus wingei 1911 HONORS Iheringella Pilsbry 1930 (Mollusca) Iheringiella Berg 1898 & Iheringina Lahille 1899 (Echinodermata) Iheringocantharus Bernhauer 1912 (Coleoptera) Iheringula Sars 1900 (Crustacea) Iheringthyris Levy 1961 & Iheringinucula Del Río & Camacho 1996 (Fossil Mollusca) Iheringia Kayserling 1891 (Arachnida) Iheringichthys Eigenmann & Norris 1900 (Pisces) Arminiheringia Ameghino 1902 (Fossil Mammalia) Subgenus Iheringicardium Schneider 2002 (Mollusca)