Rustom Jal Vakil
Rustom Jal Vakil, Indian cardiologist (Mumbai 17 July 1911 – Mumbai 20 November 1974) Authored 380 publications between papers and case reports First reported the therapeutical application of Rauwolfia serpentina in cases of human hypertension (1940) Suggested useful drug combinations for the management of severe forms of hypertension (1954) Defined new clinical signs of diagnostic value in ventricular aneurysms (1955) Authored probably the first case of fusion beat in conjunction with repetitive paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia associated with normal sinus rhythm (1957) Suggested the use of anticoagulant therapy as a routine measure for pre infarction syndrome (1962) Described transitory pulsation in coronary thrombosis (1956) and subacute pulmonary edema (1967) Described hexalogy of the heart, giant cell arteritis in aortic regurgitation and gummatous forms of rat-bite fever Suggested the term pre thrombotic syndrome HONOURS International Albert Lasker Award (1959) LINKS http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1524711/
Roberto Vasquez
Roberto Vasquez Chavez, Bolivian botanist (Cochabamba 07 December 1941 – Santa Cruz de la Sierra August 2015) Described about 230 new plant species being most of them orchids SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With R. Lara Rico. Notas acerca del gênero Hippeastrum (Amaryllidaceae) en Bolivia. Fontqueria 56(35), 2015 With D. R. Riera. Aves de Santa Cruz. Vol I (2013) With P.L. Ibisch & W. Rauh. Illustrated catalogue of the Bromeliaceae of Bolivia (2000) With P.L. Ibisch. Orquídeas de Bolívia I & II (2000) With C.H. Dodson. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum. III & IV. Orchids of Bolivia With G. Coimbra. Frutas silvestres comestibles de Santa Cruz (1996) HONORS Vasqueziella Dodson 1982 (Orchidaceae)
Ricardo Veronesi
Ricardo Veronesi, Brazilian infectologist and virologist (São Paulo 24 October 1919 – São Paulo 08 May 2004) Obtained international recognition for his studies on tetanus Vice-president, International Federation for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Collaborating Author in Infectious Disease and Medical Parasitology (from A.L. Braude), Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (from B. Goldsmith & D. Heyneman), Current Diagnosis (from Conn & Conn), Temas de Infectologia (Cecchini & Ayala) and Tratado de Pediatria (from J. Meneghello) Developed Veronesi-Correa method for microscopic seroagglutination With A. Correa & D. Alterio. Single-dose immunization against tetanus. Promising results in human trials. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. 12:46-54, 1970 A new method of treatment of tetanus Clinical observations on 712 cases of tetanus subject to four different methods of treatment: 18,2% mortality rate under a new method of treatment. Am.J. Med. Sci. 232(6):629-47, 1956 Discovered naturally acquired immunity against tetanus With H. Cecin, A. Correa, J. Tavares, C. Moraes & O.J. Nascimento. New approaches on tetanus immunization: naturally acquired immunity. Rev. Hosp. Clin. S. Paulo 28:1973 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With F.J. Mello, G. del Negro & J.C. Macedo Soares Jr. Blastomicose retal primitiva (Revisão da literatura e apresentação de um caso). Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 9:327, 1954 With M.O.A. Correa, V. Amato Neto & O.S. Fabri. Leptospirose em equinos: inquérito sorológico. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz 13:186-93, 1955 With R.P.S. Carvalho & C. Fava Netto. Viroses do aparelho respiratório. Comprovação da infecção pelos “vírus hemadsorventes” e adenovírus em diferentes grupos etários de S. Paulo. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 13:355-62, 1958 Electrophoretic patterns of serum proteins in tetanus. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 16:257-9, 1961 With R. Guidolin. Immunological response of guinea pigs vaccinated against tetanus with serum infected with Clostridium tetani spores. Deductions applicable to human immunopathology. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 18:39-46, 1963 With et al. Revisão de dados da epidemiologia e etiologia do sarampo e subsidies para a vacinação contra a doença. Arq. Fac. Hig. S. Paulo 11(2): 135-20?, 1963 With R. Guidolin. Tetanus prevention: role of delayed action terramycin (micronized) ando f rapid action terramycin. Results in experimental tetanus. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 19:311-20, 1964 With R. Guidolin. Prevention of tetanus: role of the penicillins. Results in experimental tetanus. Rev. Paul. Med. 66(5):281-92, 1965 Eficácia de um novo antibiotic (Rondomicina) em comparação com o soro antitetânico na profilaxia do etano experimental. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 20(5):251-7, 1965 With et al. Tetanus immunization with a single dose of vaccine. Importance and possibilities for mass immunization programs. Preliminary report on experimental studies. Rev. Inst Med. Trop. 8:83-8, 1966 Antibiotic versus antitetanic serum in the prevention of human tetanus. Principles on tetanus. In Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. Tetanus, p. 417, 1966 With U. Ferraro. Hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of experimental tetanus. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 21(2):89-91, 1966 With R. Guidolin & A.M. Santiago. Doxycycline (vibramycin) in the prevention of experimental tetanus. Preliminary reports. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 26(4):133-6, 1971 With A. Correa & J. Tavares. A new outlook on the prophylaxis of tetanus: immunization by the digestive route. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 27(3):123-8, 1972 With A. Correia, H. Ferreira, A. Costa, R. Focaccia, J.R.C. Bazone & J. Tavares. Naturally acquired tetanus immunity: further evidences in human and animals. J. Infect. Dis, 1975 Tetanus: Important New Concepts, Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, 1981 With B. Bizzini, R. Focaccia et al. Naturally acquired antibodies to tetanus toxin in human and animals from the Galapagos Islands. J. Infect. Dis. 147:308-11, 1983 With T.C. Merigan, G.M. Baer, W.G. Winkler et al. Human leukocyte interferon administration to patients with symptomatic and suspected rabies. Ann. Neurol. 16:82-7, 1984 With A.B. Sabin, P. Albrecht, A.K. Takeda & E.M. Ribeiro. High effectiveness of aerosolized chick embryo fibroblast measles vaccine in seven-month old and older infants. J. Infect. Dis. 152:1231-7, 1985 HONOURS Golden Yodh Memorial, India
Reinaldo Vanossi Dupont
Reinaldo Vanossi Dupont, Argentine analytical chemist (Esperanza, Santa Fe 16 January 1897 – Buenos Aires 22 October 1974) Son of Italian father and French mother ACHIEVEMENTS Vanossi’s reaction – a microchemical reaction for detecting mercury First in the world to use liquid-liquid extractions Developed a formula for computing salinity in function of electric resistivity in mineral waters Designed simple methodologies for identifying and isolating compounds from complex mixtures Dispositivo para la técnica con electrodo gotero de mercúrio (polarografia de Heyrovsky). Anales Soc. Cien. Arg. (1939) (an improved arrangement for polarograph) With D.J. Bengolea. Voltimetro a valvula “doble triodo” GC:8-G, para medir la FEM de pilas de alta y baja resistencia. Anales Soc. Cien. Arg. (1940) Determinación de micro y semimicrocuantidades de zircônio. Metodo general separativo y aplicación de la quercetina. Anales Soc. Cien. Arg (1964) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Dissolved oxygen in waters. Anales Soc. Quím. Arg. 9: 235-245, 1921. The electrical conductivity and residue of natural waters. Anales Soc. Quim. Arg. 10: 21-33, 1922. La industria del yodo. Anales Soc. Cient. Arg. 118: 1934. An apparatus for measurements with the dropping mercury electrode. Anales Soc. Quim. Arg. 54: 1937. Elektrode und Gefässelektrode für Potentiometrie. Anales Asoc. Quim. Arg. 25: 1937. Electroanalysis by the dropping mercury electrode. Chemia (Buenos Aires). 11: 165-207, 1940. Identification du rhodium et de l’iridium. Chimie Analytique. 35-36:1953. Separation and identification of some elements whose chloride are extractable with ethyl acetate. Anales Soc. Quím. Arg. 43: 151-172, 1955. La identificación del wolframio. Anales Asoc. Quím. Arg. A good source of information about him is in http://www.biol.unlp.edu.ar/vanossi.htm (in Spanish)
Raul Vaz Ferreira
Raul Vaz Ferreira Raimondi, Uruguayan vertebrate zoologist (Montevideo 16 March 1918 – 27 October 2006) Gained international renown as expert on vertebrate ethology and ecology Authored 274 works DESCRIBED TAXA PISCES Genus Campellolebias 1974 with Sierra de Soriano Species Campellolebias brucei 1974 with Sierra de Soriano Austrolebias cheradophilus 1965 with Sierra de Soriano & Scaglia de Paulete, Austrolebias luteoflammulatus 1965 with Sierra de Soriano & Scaglia de Paulete Austrolebias viarius 1965 with Sierra de Soriano & Scaglia de Paulete Reptilia Species Homonota uruguayensis 1961 with Sierra de Soriano
Raimundo & Gloria Villegas
Raimundo Antonio Corneli Villegas Polanco, Venezuelan biophysicist (Caracas 14 September 1931 – Caracas 21 October 2014) Authored over 80 scientific papers Developed new techniques to ease the production of easily accessible food for the poorest His wife, Gloria Teresa Mercader Guedez de Villegas, microscopist (La Guaira 12 November 1928 – SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY RAIMUNDO With J. Villegas, C. Sevcik & F.V. Barnola. Grayanotoxin, veratrine, and tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium pathways in the Schwann cell membrane of squid nerve fibers. J. Gen. Physiol. 67:369, 1976 With F.V. Barnola. Sodium flux through the sodium channels of axon membrane fragments isolated from lobster nerve. J. Gen. Physiol. 67:81, 1976 With F.V. Barnola & J. Villegas. Sodium channels and tetrodotoxin binding sites in the axon and Schwann cell membrane. Fed. Proc. 33(5,2):1265, 1974 With F.V. Barnola & G. Camejo. Action of proteases and phospholipases on tetrodotoxin binding to axolemma preparations isolated from lobster nerve fibers. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 318(1):61-8, 1973 With F.V. Barnola & G. Camejo. Tetrodotoxin receptors in plasma membranes isolated from lobster nerve fibers. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 298 (1):84-94, 1973 With F.V. Barnola. Ionic channels and nerve membrane constituents: tetrodotoxin-like interaction of saxitoxin with cholesterol monolayers. J. Gen. Physiol. 59:33, 1972 With F.V. Barnola & G. Camejo. Ionic channels and nerve membrane lipids: cholesterol-tetrodotoxin interaction. J. Gen. Physiol. 55:548, 1970 With J. Villegas & M. Gimenez. Nature of the Schwann cell electrical potential: effect of the external ionic concentrations and a cardiac glycoside. J. Gen. Physiol. 51:47-64, 1968 With G. Camejo. Tetrodotoxin interaction with squid nerve membrane lipids. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 163:421-3, 1968 With J. Villegas & L. Villegas. Sodium, potassium and chloride concentrations in the Schwann cell and axon of the squid nerve fiber. J. Gen. Physiol. 49:1-7, 1965 With C. Caputo & L. Villegas. Diffusion barriers in the squid nerve. The axolemma and the Schwann layer. J. Gen. Physiol. 46:245-55, 1962 With M. Gimenez & L. Villegas. The Schwann-cell electrical potential in the squid nerve. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 62:610, 1962 With F.V. Barnola. Characterization of the resting axolemma in the giant axon of the squid. J. Gen. Physiol. 44:963, 1961 With F.V. Barnola. Equivalent pore radius in the axolemma of the giant axon of the squid. Nature 188:762, 1960 With R.C. Barton & A.K. Solomon. The entrance of water into beef and dog red cells. J. Gen. Physiol. 42:355-69, 1958 GLORIA With N.J. Lane & J. Villegas. Freeze-fracture studies on the giant axon and ensheathing Schwann cells of the squid. J. Neurocytol. 16:11-21, 1987 With J. Villegas. Structural complexes in the squid axon membrane sensitive to ionic concentrations and cardiac glycosides. J. Cell Biol. 69:10-28, 1976 Effects of cholinergic compounds on the axon-Schwann cell relationship in the squid nerve fiber. Fed. Proc. Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol. 34:1370, 1975 With J. Villegas. Acetylcholinesterase localization in the giant nerve fiber of the squid. J. Ultrastruct. 46:149-63, 1974 With F.A. Rawlins & E.T. Hedley-White. Fine structural localization of cholesterol 1,2-3H in degenerating and regenerating mouse sciatic nerve. J. Cell Biol. 52:615, 1972 With F.A. Rawlins, E.T. Hedley-White & B.G. Uzman. Reutilization of cholesterol 1,2-H* in the regeneration of peripheral nerve: an autoradiographic study. Lab. Invest. 22:237-490, 1970 Ultrastructure of the human retina. J. Anat. 98:501-13, 1964 Ultraestructura de la fibra nerviosa gigante del calamar. Acta Cient. Venez. Suppl. I: 11-22, 1963 With B.G. Uzman. A comparison of nodes of Ranvier in sciatic nerves with node-like structures in optic nerves of the mouse. J. Biophys. Biochem. Cytol. 7:761, 1960 Electron microscopic study of the vertebrate retina. J. Gen. Physiol. 43(2):15-43, 1960 Electron microscopic study of the giant nerve fiber of the giant squid Dosidicus gigas. J. Ultrastruct. Res. 26:501-14, 1960 BOTH Squid axon ultrastructure. Curr. Top. Memb. Transport 22:3-37, 1984 With A.M. Correa. Nerve sodium channel in membrane vesicles and in reconstituted proteoliposomes. Effect of anemone toxin. II. Biophys. J. 41:143, 1983 Nerve sodium channel incorporation in vesicles. Ann. Rev. Biophys. Bioeng. 10:387-419, 1981 With Z. Suarez Mata. Reconstitution of the sodium channel with partially solubilized lobster nerve membrane. J. Physiol. 77:1077-86, 1981 With M. Condrescu-Guidi & Z. Suarez Mata. Characterization of the nerve membrane sodium channel incorporated into soybean liposomes. A sodium channel active particle. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 358:183-203, 1980 With F.V. Barnola & E. Racker. Incorporation of the sodium channel of lobster nerve into artificial liposomes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 79:210-7, 1977 With F.V. Barnola & C. Sevcik. Action of the sterol-binding form of filipin on the lobster axon membrane. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 426:81-7, 1976 With R. Di Polo & J. Villegas. Nonelectrolyte permeability, sodium influx, electrical potentials, and axolemma ultrastructure in squid axons of various diameters. J. Gen. Physiol. 57:623-37, 1971 With F.V. Barnola & G. Camejo. Characterization of two different membrane fractions isolated from the first stellar nerves of the squid Dosidicus gigas. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 193:247, 1969 With B. Bruzual. Equivalent pore radius of the axolemma of resting and stimulated squid axons. J. Gen. Physiol. 55:548, 1968 Ultrastructural studies of the squid nerve fibers. J. Gen. Physiol. 51:44-60, 1968 With M. Blei, F.C. Herrera & J. Villegas. Nonelectrolyte penetration and sodium fluxes through the axolemma of resting and stimulated medium sized axons of the squid Doryteuthis plei. J. Gen. Physiol. 50:43, 1966 Les couches superficielles de la fibre nerveuse du calmar. Actual Neurophys. 6:55-68, 1965 With F.C. Herrera & M. Blei. Sodium influx and non-electrolyte penetration in stimulated squid axons. J. Cell. Comp. Physiol. 66:155, 1965 With M. Blei. Penetration of non-electrolyte molecules in resting and stimulated squid nerve fibers. J. Gen. Physiol. 48:35, 1965 Extracellular pathways in the peripheral nerves fibers: Schwann-cell layer permeability to thorium dioxide. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 88:231-3, 1964 Neuron-glia relationship in the bipolar cell-layer of the fish retina. J. Ultrastruct. Res. 8:89-106, 1963 With L. Villegas & M. Gimenez. Schwann cell and axon electrical potential differences. Squid nerve structure and excitable membrane location. J. Gen. Physiol. 46:1047-64, 1963 Morphogenesis of the Schwann channels in the squid nerve. J. Ultrastruc. Res. 8:197-205, 1963 The endoneurium cells of the squid giant nerve and their permeability to 14C-glycerol. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 60:202-4, 1962 The