Clementino Fraga
Clementino da Rocha Fraga, Brazilian physician (Muritiba, Bahia State 15 September 1880 – Rio de Janeiro 08 January 1971) Authored important studies about beri-beri and malaria Described an adrenal form of malaria that became known as Fraga’s syndrome communicated primarily to Sociedade Médica dos Hospitais da Bahia in 1914 Suprarenal syndrome in paludism. Proc. Am.Soc. Trop. Med., 1917 Described a sign of suprarenal insufficiency known as Fraga’s sign or orthostatic tachycardia Sobre um sinal de insuficiência suprarenal. Soc. Med. Hosp. Bahia, 1916. Proposed Clementino Fraga classification for adventitious breathing sounds
Clemente Ferreira
Clemente Miguel da Cunha Ferreira, Brazilian physician (Rezende, Rio de Janeiro State 29 September 1857 – São Paulo 06 August 1947) Authored 256 works Considered as one of the world’s most respected phthisiologists of his time SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Breves apontamentos sobre a climatologia brasileira (1883) A propos de l’emploi du chlorhydrate de pereirine dans le fievres malariques. Bull. Gen. Therap. (1885) De l’emploi du salol dans la fievre jaune (1890) Du traitement de la syphilis infantile par les injections sous-cutanées de sels mercuriels (1891) De la tuberculose chez les enfants. Bull. Gen. Therap. (1893) Sur l’albuminurie dans la malaria infantile. Revue des Maladies de L’enfance (1893) A malária na infância (1895) L’albumine dans l’expectoration comme element semiologique dans la diagnose précoce de la tuberculose pulmonaire (1911) HONOURS Cited in Prix Montyon, Institut de France (1894) for his work Etudes cliniques sur la coqueluche (1887) Correspondent Member, Société Therapeutique de Paris Member, Pediatrics Society of Moscow Award, International Congress Against Tuberculosis, Rome (1912)
Claudio Gilberto Froehlich
Cláudio Gilberto Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (São Paulo 10 June 1927 – Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State 27 November 2023) From German and Latvian descent Limnology / Hydrobiology With A.S. Melo. Macroinvertebrates in neotropical streams: richness patterns along a catchment and assemblage structure between 2 seasons. J. North Amer. Benthol. Soc. 20(1):1-16, 2001 With A.S. Melo. Substrate stability in streams: effects of stream size, particle size, and rainfall on Frequency of movement and burial of particles. Acta Limnol. Bras. 16(4):381-90, 2004 With A.S. Melo. An attractor domain model of seasonal and interanual biodiversity of stream macroinvertebrate communities. Freshw. Biol. 67:1370-9, 2022 DESCRIBED TAXA Turbellaria Genera Issoca 1954 Kontikia 1954 Xerapoa 1955 Species About 60 Plecoptera Genera Guaranyperla 2001 Tupiperla 1969 Species 83 Ephemeroptera Genus Segesta 2007 with Siegloch & Polegatto Species Caenis cuniana 1969 Segesta riograndensis 2007 with Siegloch & Polegatto Thraulodes amanda 2011 with Mariano Thraulodes pelicanus 2011 with Mariano Thraulodes xavantinensis 2011 with Mariano Onychophora Epiperipatus barbadensis 1962 Epiperipatus tucupi 1968 Peripatus dominicae barbadensis 1962 Trichoptera Grumichella blahniki 2016 with Holzenthal & Calor Grumichella boraceia 2016 with Holzenthal & Calor Grumichella cressae 2016 with Holzenthal & Calor Grumichella jureia 2016 with Holzenthal & Calor Grumichella leccii 2016 with Holzenthal & Calor Grumichella muelleri 2016 with Holzenthal & Calor Grumichella paprockii 2016 with Holzenthal & Calor Grumichella parati 2016 with Holzenthal & Calor Grumichella trujilloi 2016 with Holzenthal & Calor Phylloicus camargoi 2011 with Quinteiro & Calor Phylloicus paprockii 2011 with Quinteiro & Calor Diptera Fissimentum fordlandense 2011 with Pinho Fissimentum guairense 2011 with Pinho Fissimentum mateusi 2011 with Pinho HONORS Genera Claudiella Reichard & Vanin 1976 (Coleoptera) Claudioperla Illies 1963 (Plecoptera) Claudiotendipes Andersen, Mendes & Pinho 2017 (Diptera) Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society of Plecopterologists (2008) LINKS https://www.scielo.br/j/rbent/a/8ynDHnzGjNhGqcZ6bFmnrMC/?lang=en# https://actalb.org/article/10.1590/S2179-975X9124/pdf/alb-36-e46.pdf
Cesar Mendonça Ferreira
César Mendonça Ferreira, Brazilian gemmologist (Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State 11 December 1942 – DEVELOPED METHODS With G.J.A. Machado, P.C. Souza & A.C.S. Sabioni. O tratamento do topázio imperial por preenchimento de fraturas. Rev. Bras. Geochem (2006) With J. Martins & N.P. Silva. Microestruturas de pelotas feitas com mistura de redutos e finos de minério. Rev. Escola Minas 55(3):2037, 2002 BRAZILIAN PATENTS With G.M. da Costa, V. Barrón López de Torre & J. Torrent Castellet. Processo para quantificação das fases mineralógicas em minérios com altos teores de ferro por espectrofotometria de reflectância difusa. PI0802824-9 A2 (2008) With A.C.S. Sabioni. Processo de coloração de gemas lapidadas por dopagem ou recobrimento químico de seu pavilhão ou coroa PI0002321-3 B1 (2000) With A.C.S. Sabioni & G.M. Costa. Processo de coloração e/ou modificação de cores de gemas lapidadas por dopagem em etapas múltiplas PI0001034-0 B1 (2000) With M.A.G. Bentes, F.L. Von Kruger, M.A.R. Drummond & J. D. Donda. Processo de recuperação com enobrecimento de resíduos com teor metálico provenientes do sistema de despoeiramento primário de convertedores PI9202821-7 A2 (1992) HONORS Cesarferreiraite Scholz, Chukanov, Atencio, Belotti, Menezes Filho et al. 2014 (Mineral)
Celeste Fava-Netto
Celeste Fava-Netto, Brazilian microbiologist and immunologist (Lins, São Paulo State 04 June 1919 – São Paulo 02 May 2014) ACHIEVEMENTS Developed Fava Netto medium for paracoccidiodomycosis Estudos quantitativos sobre a fixação do complemento na blastomicose sul-americana com antígeno polissacarido. Arqu. Cir. Clin. Exp. 18:197-254, 1955 Contribuição para o estudo da blastomicose de Lutz. Rev. Inst. A. Lutz. 2:99-194, 1961. Developed Fava Netto reaction for paracoccidiodomycosis diagnosis With Açucena Raphael. A reação intradérmica com polissacarides do Paracoccidioides brasiliensis na blastomicose sul-americana. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. São Paulo 3:161-5, 1961. Proposed a quantitative indirect immunofluorescence reaction for serodiagnosis of paracoccidiodomycosis With M.F. de Franco & L.G. Chamma. Reação de imunofluorescência indireta para o diagnóstico sorológico da blastomicose sul-americana. Padronização da reação e comparação dos resultados com a reação de fixação do complemento. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. 15(6):393-8, 1973. Eponym of Fava Netto antigen
Carlos Juan Finlay
Carlos Juan Finlay y Barres, Cuban microbiologist and epidemiologist (Camaguey 03 December 1833 – La Habana 19 August 1915) From Scottish father and French ancestry mother ACHIEVEMENTS Authored 187 articles Determined hydric origin of cholera (1873) independently from Snow researches Transmisión del colera por medio de las aguas corrientes cargadas de princípios específicos. An. Acad. Cien. Habana 10:159-170, 1873 Developed a new method for extraction of cataract Consideraciones generals sobre la extracción de catarata y descripción de um nuevo método operatório. Anal. Acad. Cien. Med. Fis. Nat. La Habana 12:285-66, 1875-6 Identified Aedes aegypti as etiological vector of yellow fever El mosquito hipoteticamente considerado como agente de transmisión de La fiebre amarilla. An. Acad. Cien. Habana 18:147-169, 1881 With F. Poey concluded that female mosquitoes transmitted the yellow fever Proposed a modification of Hayem-Nachet hemocytometer (1881) Conceived a practical method for infant tetanus proposing aseptic package for treatment of umbilical cord (1903) A plausible method of vaccination against yellow fever. Philadelphia Med. J. Proposed criteria about the leukocytes function in cellular nourishment and in the formation of toxins, lysines and antibodies (1904) Enunciated his ideas about gravitation Nueva teoria da gravitación. Anales Real Acad. Cien. Med. Fis. Nat. La Habana 11:429-41, 1874 Nota adicional a la Nueva teoria da gravitación. Anales Real Acad. Cien. Med. Fis. Nat. La Habana 11:469-75, 1874 HONORS Mary Kingsley Medal, School of Tropical Medicine, London (1907) Genus Finlaya Theobald 1903 (Diptera) Medicine and Physiology Nobel Prize nominee for 7 times (1905, 1906, 1907, 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915)