Florentino Felippone
Florentino Silvestre Felippone Bentos, Uruguayan physician and naturalist (Paysandu 20 June 1852 – Paysandu 24 July 1939) DESCRIBED TAXA Plantae (with Beauverd 1922) Echium plantagineum var. monodasystemon Mollugo verticillata var. subsessile Oxalis articulata var. nodulosa Oxalis sellowiana var. caulescens Polygala linoides var. ambigua Richardsonia brasiliensis var. dubia Mollusca Odontostomus demedinae 1938 with Barattini HONORS Felipponea Brotherus 1912 (Musci) Felipponea Dall 1919 (Mollusca Gastropoda)
Florence family
Antoine Hercule Romuald Florence, French-born Brazilian photographer, painter, engraver and printer (Nice 29 February 1804 – Campinas, São Paulo State 27 March 1879) Presented first detailled report about Apiaká Natives Enunciated the concept of soundscape and specificity of animal voice CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHOTOGRAPHY Developed poliphotographic process, a photographic process that permit obtaining copies by contact in photosensitive substances impregnated paper (1833) before Talbot (1834-9) First used paper in photographic essays before Talbot Coined the term photography independently (1833) Proposed the use of ammonium hydroxide in fixing photographical pictures IMPROVEMENTS/INVENTIONS Created poligraphy, a new printing method (1830) A new system to use musical notation for recording BIRD songs and vocalizations of other animals (Zoophony) A new printing method to avoid falsification (1842) Described type-syllables, a forerunner of shorthand (1847) Invented pulvography, a powder printing process (1860) Printing of oil paintings and colored prints Stereo painting (1859) Pneumatic or hydrostatic wheel (1838) Production of chili hats and every kind of straw hats (1839) A wash hair (1858) Synoptic dictionary (1853) A new archictectural order named Palmian or Brazilian (1852) His son, Guilherme Florence, mining engineer (Campinas, São Paulo State 19 June 1864 – São Paulo 05 October 1942) Created a new method for rapid determination of monazite based on microscopical observation Proposed a process of volumetric dosage of molybdenum and phosphorus in iron and manganese ores described in Rev Soc. Bras. Ciencias 3, 1919 Proposed the use of microscope to study of silk crystals Patented Pyrites Formicides, a component of ant killer (1904) HONORS Florenceia Mezzalira 1974 (Fossil Bivalvia) Florencite Hussak & Prior 1900 (Mineral)
Flaminio Favero
Flamínio Favero, Brazilian coroner (São Paulo 26 October 1895 – São Paulo 12 February 1982) ACHIEVEMENTS De um meio de diagnóstico diferencial entre as lesões “intra-vitam” e “post-mortem”. Bol Soc. Med.Cir. S. Paulo 12:257, 1920 Developed Favero test or reaction for diagnosis of early pregnancy (a modification of iodine test) Proposed the post-mortem investigation of histological sections from injured zones or Flaminio Favero test Eponym of Favero-Misishia reaction
Finochietto brothers
Enrique Finochietto Chammas, Argentine surgeon (Buenos Aires 13 March 1881 – Buenos Aires 17 February 1948) Son of Genovese immigrants Authored over 100 papers Described valvular occlusion in megasigmoid With C. Squirru described mixed inguinal hernia (1917) METHODS/TECHNIQUES Created paradoxical incision Developed a new surgical technique for operation of digestive system (1924) First applied aspiration to liquid and drain collections Invented a general process for treatment of hydatid cyst by aspiration of the liquid Modified Gutierrez incision for parotidectomy Introduced the use of cotton gloves rather than rubber gloves for handling of intestinal loops (with his brother) INSTRUMENTS Invented 67 surgical apparatuses Designed forceps of varying sizes Denticles forceps Double forceps for hemostasis and grommets Ligature pusher for control of haemorrhage Knots tightener Operating table with hydraulic management Table for proctological surgeries An electric surgical table with engine A special orthopedic table Frontolux Cannula for transfusion Surgical aspirator Surgeon’s bench Spatula for goiter Giant rectoscope Cranial trephine Quirotractor Hand drill Autostatic vesical separator A set of abdominal valves Finochietto intercostal separator (1930) Finochietto needle holder Finochietto bladder retractor Finochietto thoracic retractor (1936) Finochietto stirrup Finochietto valves Finochietto thoracic rib spreader Finochietto spreader Finochietto rib retractor Finochietto clamp Finochietto forceps Finochietto suture forceps Finochietto thoracic forceps Finochietto thoracic scissors Finochietto scissors Finochietto wire holder Finochietto trocar Finochietto artery clamp Finochietto clamp carrier Finochietto ligature carrier Finochietto laminectomy retractor Finochietto needle Finochietto extensor Finochietto cutters Finochietto ratchet Finochietto rectosigmoidoscope Finochietto gastroenterostat Finocchietto tourniquet OTHER EPONYMS Finochietto operation Finochietto-Durante Avellanal technique Finochietto sign for fecaloma of sigmoid colon Finochietto drainage Finochietto prepuce plastic operation for phimosis Squirru-Finochietto method for inguinal hernia repair Finochietto method of introducing button for lateral intestinal anastomosis Lahey-Finochietto colostomy His brother, Ricardo Carlos Alberto Finochietto Chammas, surgeon (Buenos Aires 25 April 1888 – Buenos Aires 01 April 1962) Described ischaemic contracture of the intrinsic muscles of the hand known as Finochietto syndrome Retraccion de Volkmann de los musculos intrinsicos de los manos. Bol. Trab. Soc. Chir. 4:31, 1920 Developed a treatment method of suprancodylar humerus fracture Developed a band for calcaneus traction and a knife to elevate large skin areas (1920) Elaborated methods for anesthesia of menisci and block of facial nerve With J.V. Uriburu. Tecnica de la descapsulación renal por anuria. Prensa Med. Argent. 35(38):1804-9, 1948 With J.V. Uriburu & N.V. Turco. Tecnica de la vaguectomia toracica o supradiafragmatica. Dia Medico 20:700-2, 1948 With A.R. Albanese proposed axillary evacuation in breast cancer surgery (1938) With A.R. Albanese. La lumbotomia vertical paravertebral. Prensa Med. Arg. 27(5):243, 1940 With A.R. Albanese. Suprarrenalectomia. Tecnica. Prensa Med. Arg.37:1915-8, Meniscos de la rodilla: tecnica para la extirpación del menisco interno. Rev. Cir. Bs. Aires 12:321-57, 1933 With Atilio J. Lasala. Quiste hidatido del higado abierto en las vias biliares. Técnica de la laparotomia transtorácica extrapleural lateroanterior. Prensa Med. Argent. 36(30):1421-8, 1949 EPONYMY Finochietto sign in meniscus lesion (1930) Finochietto release of hand contracture Finochietto transpancreatic choledochotomy Finochietto method for skeletal traction Finochietto manoeuvre (1920) Finochietto Test (1935) Finochietto intracystic operation Finochietto-Yoel triangle Finochietto-Bunnell sign Finochietto interdigital traction device Finocchietto Radical mastectomy (1957)
Fernandez-Yepez brothers
Agustín Antonio Fernandez Yepez, Venezuelan ichthyologist ( Caracas 02 June 1916 – 1977) Authored over 100 works on fish systematics and biology DESCRIBED FISH TAXA Tribes Apolinarellini 1948 Astronotini 1951 Bivibranchiini 1949 Chaetobranchini 1951 Crenicichlini 1951 Curimatellini 1948 Curimatopsini 1948 Hoplomyzontini 1953 Potamorhini 1948 Family Pseudopimelodidae 1953 with Martín Subfamilies Astronotinae 1951 Hoplomyzontinae 1950 Genera Anduzedoras 1968 Ernstichthys 1953 Gymnotichthys 1950 Microsternachus 1968 Pseudocurimata 1948 Pseudotylosurus 1948 Synaptolaemus 1950 with Myers Species 42 valid species His brother Francisco José Fernandez Yepez, agricultural entomologist (Valencia, Carabobo State 04 December 1923 – Maracay, Aragua State 16 August 1986) DESCRIBED LEPIDOPTERA TAXA (with Brown in 1984) Species Heliconius holzingeri Subspecies Eueides lybia orinocensis Eueides lybia otelloi Eueides lybia salcedoi Heliconius burneyi skinneri Heliconius cydno gadouae Heliconius erato lichyi Heliconius ethilla yuruari Heliconius hecalesia romeroi Heliconius hermathena renatae Heliconius ismenius tilletti Heliconius melpomene anduzei Heliconius numata holzingeri Neruda metharme makiritare HONORS Yepezia Brindle 1982 (Dermaptera)
Ewald Favret
Ewald Alfredo Favret, Argentine agronomist (Zarate, Buenos Aires Province 1921 – Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires Province 24 January 1992) Son of Swiss immigrants Authored over 130 papers Authored pioneer studies on genetic control of endosperm proteins in cereal plants (c.1950) Demonstrated the presence of many correspondent gene pairs in rust and Oidium Proposed the first regulation systems of plant growth mediated by gibberellins in barley and wheat Demonstrated the first multigenic families in plants Hallazgo de una nueva raza de Erysiphe graminis hordei. Rev. Invest. Agr. 1:237-40, 1947 HONORS Senior Research Fellow, National Science Foundation, United States