Wulf Haacke
Wulf Dietrich Haacke, South African herpetologist (Windhoek 15 December 1936 – Pretoria 30 June 2022) DESCRIBED NEW SPECIES Reptilia Afroedura tirasensis 1965 Bitis xeropaga 1975 Haackgreerius miopus 1982 with Greer Kolekanos plumicaudus 2008 Pachydactylus tsodiloensis 1966 Pachydactylus vanzyli 1966 with Steyn Ptenopus kochi 1964 Ramigekko swartbergensis 1996 Rhoptropus diporus 1965 Telescopus finkeldeyi 2013 Typhlacontias rudebecki 1997 Typhlosaurus braini 1964 Typhlosaurus lomiae 1986 Amphibia Poyntonophrynus grandisonae 1993 with Poynton HONORS Haackgreerius Lanza 1983 (Reptilia:Sauria)
Wilhelm Hoffmann
Wilhelm Heinrich Hoffmann, German-born Cuban anatomical pathologist (Wismar, Mecklenburg 08 February 1875 – La Habana 10 October 1950) Authored over 400 works Yellow fever Determined a number of pathological signs in yellow fever Proposed kidney calcium deposits as a sign (Rocha Lima described it in 1912) Los cilindros de cal en los niños: un nuevo signo diagnostico de la fiebre amarilla. Sciencia Medica 2(6):284, 1924 Demonstrated phagocytosis of eryhrtocytes by Kupffer cells in liver and spleen (1924) Showed the hyaline degeneration of voluntary muscles and myocardium Showed medullary infiltration of Peyer patches in ileum First to show intranuclear inclusions of yellow fever in human being Concluded that histological survey of liver was the simplest and safest method for diagnosing the yellow fever (Cuban method) Demonstrated the sylvian form of yellow fever in Africa Hay fibre amarilla en Africa ? (1924) Is there yellow fever in Africa? J. Trop. Med. Hyg. (1926) La fiebre amarilla endemica en Africa (1927) La fiebre amarilla africana (1928) Leprosy Developed a treatment for leprosy Early treatment of leprosy. Leprosy review 1:1, 1930 Eponym of Hoffmann early leprous choroiditis SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY El higado en la fiebre amarilla africana. Virchows Archiv fur Pathol. Anat. Physiol.
Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter
Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter, German / Uruguayan botanist and mycologist (Berlin 10 January 1884 – Hamburg 17 April 1958) Authored 380 works Named 1449 taxa DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Fungi Families Corticiaceae 1910 Sparassidaceae 1910 Plantae Dryopteridaceae 1949 Woodsiaceae 1949 Genus Astyposanthes 1913 (Fabaceae) HONORS Ritterocactus Sect. Herteria Doweld 1999 (Cactaceae)
Walter August Hadler
Walter August Hadler, Brazilian experimental pathologist and histochemist (São Paulo 16 Jan 1919 – Campinas, São Paulo State 30 November 1998) Married to Sineli Rita Silveira with whom published many papers. Published 67 papers in indexed periodicals between 1950 and 1989 Developed some new histochemical methods below listed With L.M. Ziti, A.S. Patelli, J.A. Vozza & O. de Lucca. Histochemical meaning of the chrome-alum hematoxylin and the aldehyde fuchsin staining: an investigation accomplished by a spot test technique carried out on filter paper models. Acta Histochem. 20:320-38, 1968 With L.M.Ziti, O. de Lucca and A.S. Patelli. A new technique for histochemical detection of cholesterol and cholesterol like-compounds. Acta Histochemica 30(1):70-78, 1968. With L.M. Ziti. Demonstração histoquímica de lipides contendo colina. VII Congr. Anat. p.5-6, 1969 With L.M. Ziti. Metodo histoquímico para demonstração de fosfolípides (1969) With Sineli Rita Silveira. Novas técnicas para demonstração histoquímica de tocoferol e de vitamina D. Ciência e Cultura 29(7):584, 1977. Suppl. With S.R. Silveira. Histochemical technique to detect choline-containing lipids. Acta Histochemica 63(2):265-270, 1978. With S.R. Silveira. Catalases and peroxidases histochemical detection. Techniques suitable to discriminate these enzymes. Acta Histochem. 63:1-10, 1978 With M.L. Ziti & M.A.C. Hoflung. The benzidine technique for histochemical detection of the SO4– . Acta Histochem. 61(2):197, 1978 With S.R. Silveira. A technique to tocopherol (vitamin E) histochemical detection. Acta Histochemica 68(1):1-10, 1981. With S.R. Silveira. A histochemical method suitable to discriminate free cholesterol from its esthers and both from 7-dehydrocholesterol and vitamins D. Acta Histochemica 74(1):25-33, 1984. With S.R. Silveira. A histochemical method able to detect vitamins D and to discriminate it from cholesterol and its esthers. Acta Histochemica 76(2):177-182, 1985. With A.C. Mauri. Aplicação da lepra murina como teste de controle experimental de compostos quimioterápicos. Preconização de um método Developed an argentic impregnation method for studying spleen cells. Morfologia e distribuição das células reticulares do baço normal. Estudo efetuado mediante técnica de impregnação argêntica. Thesis. p. 68, Ribeirão Preto, 1962. Developed a modified Prussian blue reaction for detecting ferric ion. With O. de Lucca, L.M.Zitti and A.S. Patelli. A quantitative study on the most effective conditions to develop the Prussian blue reaction for histochemical detection of ferric ion. Rev.Bras.Pesq.Med.Biol. 2:344-47, 1969. With A. Berezin & J.H. Tramezzani. Selective digestion of the neurosecretory material of the hypothalamus and of the neurohypophysis by tissue homogenates. Nature 176(4482):600-1, 1955
Tsai Yu Hsiao
Tsai Yu Hsiao or Caiyu Xiao, Chinese entomologist (1903 – 1978) Described 56 Hemipteran genera HONORS Hsiaotycoris Lu, Zhao & Cai 2006 (Hemiptera)
Thomas Hohmann
Thomas Hohmann, Chilean mining engineer (1843 – 1897) Authored Mineralojia Americana in Bol.Soc. Nac. Min. (1891) Honored in mineral species hohmannite Frenzel 1888