Attilio Zelante Flosi
Attilio Zelante Flosi, Brazilian endocrinologist (24 December 1918 – São Paulo 14 October 1996) Proposed the concept of paludic ionic imbalance Contribuição para o estudo da insuficiência supra-renal palúdica. Conceito de disionia palúdica (1944) Proposed hormonal treatment of eosinophilic granuloma and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease using ACTH and corticotropin Much of his techniques of endocrine treatment were adopted worldwide specially that involving ACTH A case of diabetes insipidus due to malignant lymphogranulomatosis. Third case in medical literature. Arq. Clin. Exper. SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With S.V. Ferreira. Bases fisiopatológicas para o tratamento dietético da obesidade. Ars Curandi 13(7):8-67, 1980 Tratamento do climatério feminino. Ars curandi 1:8-69, 1972 Pathogenesis of the osteoporosis during the ACTH and corticosteroid therapy and in the Cushing syndrome. Proceed. 1st Intern. Congr. Endocrinology (1960) With L.M. de Assis, W. Bloise, A.S. Coelho Netto, E.L. Burattini et al. Oito casos de doença de Addison. A blastomicose sul-americana como possível fator etiológico em dois. Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. 5:56, 1959 With L.M. de Assis, A.S. Coelho Netto, W. Bloise, A.B. Ulhoa Cintra & R.B. Barros. Hormonal treatment of Hand-Schuller-Christian disease. Report on a case with the disappearance of the bone lesions. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 19:239-47, 1959 With L.M. de Assis, W. Bloise, A.S. Coelho Netto & A.B. Ulhoa Cintra. Treatment of eosinophilic granuloma by corticotropin: report of 4 cases with disappearance of bone lesions. J. Clin. Endocr. Metab. 17:994, 1957 Studies on variation in phosphatemia in the Cushing syndrome due to action of ACTH: its importance in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. Res. Clin. Cient. 25(1):8-16, 1956 Ação do ACTH intravenoso sobre o fósforo do sangue. Res. Clin. Cient. 25(3-4):76-82, 1956 With L.N. Antunes & H.L. Oliveira. Hipogonadismo hipotalâmico. Rev. Ass. Paul. Med. 41:107-12, 1952 With L.M. Oliveira, O. Infante & L. Pedalini. Granuloma eosinófilo tratado pelo ACTH. Estudo clínico, histológico e radiológico. Rev. Paul. Med. S. Paulo 42:132, 1952 With H.L. Oliveira. Displasia fibrosa poliostótica (síndrome de Albright). Estudo de 2 casos. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. Univ. S. Paulo 7:21-7, 1952 Metabolic bases of the therapeutic aplication of ACTH and cortisone. An. Paul. Med. Cir. 64(1):42-4, 1952 Contribuição para o estudo da síndrome adrenogenital na infância. Rev. Hosp. Clin. S. Paulo 5:226, 1950 The cytology as an auxiliary method in the diagnosis and treatment of menstrual disorders and early diagnosis of genital malignancies. Rev. Paul. Med. 35(1):61-4, 1949 Reação de alarme e a síndrome geral de adaptação. Conceito de doenças de adaptação. Importância clínica e cirúrgica. Rev. Gaz. Clin. 46:39, 1948 Introdução ao estudo clinico e terapeutico da insuficiência supra-renal: bases fisiopatológicas. Rev. Med. 29:133-4, 1945 Contribuição ao estudo da natremia e da kaliemia na malária artificialmente induzida (P. vivax). Rev. Clin. S. Paulo 16:1, 1944 Contribuição ao estudo anatomo-clinico da acromegalia (1942) Insolação em medicina de guerra. Rev. Med. (1942) With Sampaio Rezende & Mesquita Sampaio. Sobre dois casos de endocrinopatias (infantilismo hipofisário e osteo-artrose endócrina) tratados pela hormonioterapia (1941) Sobre um caso de sarcoma de Ewing da base do crânio e diabetes insipidus (1941) With J.A.C. Silva Jr. Sobre um caso de meningopatia secundária a ascaridiose (1941) Contribuição ao estudo da exoftalmo na hipertireoidismo (1940) Tratamento das síndromes hemorrágicas uterinas de natureza endócrina
Arnaldo Amado Ferreira
Arnaldo Amado Ferreira, Brazilian coroner (Teófilo Ottoni, Minas Gerais State 20 April 1896 – São Paulo 26 June 1975) Authored over 250 scientific works Authored Da técnica medico-legal na investigação forense (1962) in which are most of his innovatives techniques that were successfully used in another countries and quoted a number of times by foreign authors Amado Ferreira test for verifying blood spots (4% solution of benzidine in lactic acid with drops of hydrogen peroxide) Um caso interessante de asphyxia mecânica pelo leite (1927) Contribuição médico-legal para a dosagem colorimétrica do sulfocianeto nas manchas de saliva. Ann. Fac. Med. Univ. s. Paulo 11(2):177-87, 1935 HONOURS Doctor Honoris Causa, National College of Toronto, Canadá Correspondent Member, The National Geographic Society of Washington Chevalier des Palmes Academiques, France
Argentino Viegas Fontes
Argentino Viegas Fontes, Brazilian entomologist (fl.1967-93) DESCRIBED HEMIPTERA GENERA (with Carvalho) Amapacylapus 1968 Boliviocaspus 1967 Boliviocoris 1967 Cylapocerus 1968 Eglerocoris 1972 Neotropicomiris 1969 Phytocorisca 1972 Platytyloides 1971 HONORS Fontesius Carvalho 1988 (Hemiptera)
Antonio Fernandes Figueira
Antonio Fernandes Figueira, Brazilian pediatrician (Rio de Janeiro 13 June 1863 – Rio de Janeiro 12 March 1928) Authored 71 works on medicine His monograph Diagnostico das cardiopatias infantis (1895) appeared in medical magazine Lancet in the following year Published Elements of Infant Semiology (1900), translated to French and Italian languages in 1903. This book renders him international recognition being considered in Europe the best work of this field and used as textbook in European universities Described Figueira syndrome Cephaloplegic syndrome in children. Arch. Med. Des Enfants. Sept 1920. Described a new familial disease osteomyodystrophic syndrome (Figueira syndrome)
Antonio Cardoso Fontes
Antonio Cardoso Fontes, Brazilian microbiologist (Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro State 1879 – Rio de Janeiro 27 March 1943) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored 87 papers Discovered ultramicroscopic forms of tubercle bacillus (1910) Demonstrated that Koch bacillus present 2 living forms with distinct properties and distinct functions (1910-1) Showed the existence of an ultramicroscopic stage in bacterial life cycle Sobre o cyclo vital das bacterias. Contribuição ao estudo da forma granular. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 18(1):163, 1925. His work about filtrability of tubercle agent (1909-11) deserved the interest of the foreign scientific circles and gave him great renown as world authority in Koch bacillus biology Determined the composition and the function of Koch bacillus granulations, and established it as reproductive units and living infectious elements (1908-10) Created the technique of double staining of acid-fast bacilli named Fontes method Estudos sobre a tuberculose. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 1:51-68, 1909. Developed a new method for homogenizing mucus Sobre um novo método de homogenização de escarros. Bras. Med. 27(22):213, 1913. Simplified the technique for preparation of Petruschky culture medium Soro de leite Petruschky. Simplificação da técnica para prepare desse meio de cultura. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 6(3):250, 1914. Proposed a new model of tube for tubercle bacilli culture Um novo modelo de tubos para culturas de tuberculose. Patologia Geral 5, 1917 HONORS Genus Fontesia Travassos 1928 (Nematoda) Doctor Honoris Causa, Vilnius University (1933) Honorary Member, Studial Pentru Tuberculosi, Bucharest Honor Diploma, International Congress against Tuberculosis (1912) Medicine & Physiology Nobel Prize nominee (1934) See HTTP://memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br/pdf/tomo39/tomo39%28f2%29_I-IX.pdf (in Portuguese)
Anthony Patrick Fairall
Anthony Patrick Fairall, English-born South African astronomer (London 15 September 1943 – Hout Bay, Cape Town 23 November 2008) Authored over 200 scientific articles Discovered galaxy Fairall-9, the most luminous Seyfert I galaxy (1977) With A. Maurellis, D. Matravers & G. Ellis discovered the Sculptor Wall (1990)