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) Fonction exercée par les granullations du bacille de Koch dans la structure du memme bacille. Passage des granulations à travers les filters suffisenment poreux. Infection latente. Patol. Geral 8(5), 1923 Verified an organic substance able to fight tuberculosis Sobre a existência nos gânglios tuberculosos de uma substância capaz de destruir os bacilos da tuberculose. Nota preliminar. Braz. Med. 22(40):391, 1908 Ueber eine in den tuberkuloesen Lymphdruesen Vorhandene tuberkelbazillentoetende Substanz. Centralbl. f. Bakteriol. 50:78, 1909 Studies about granular form of microorganisms Novas concepções no domínio da biologia dos micróbios. Contribuição ao estudo da forma granular. Rev. Bras. Med. Pharmac 1:281-6, 1925 A forma granular como expressão do dynamismo morbígeno. J. Clinicos 9(15):255, 1928 Differential diagnosis between tuberculosis and other acid-resistant bacilli Diagnostico microscópico diferencial entre os bacilos da tuberculose e os outros acido-resistentes. Braz. Med. 22(41):401, 1908 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)
Alvaro Froes da Fonseca
Alvaro Fróes da Fonseca, Brazilian anatomist and anthropologist (Porto Alegre 26 March 1890 – 1988) Reported possibly an unique case in anatomic literature about anastomosis in cranial nerves De Nature lusu. Sobre uma anastomose entre os IX e XII pares craneanos. Doctoral Thesis (1914) Reported a variety of pelvic colon 1 – Sobre uma variedade do colon pelvico. Descripção e apresentação da peça. 2 – Ligamentos do joelho. Comm. Soc. Med. Bahia (1921-5) ACHIEVEMENTS Created a new anthropometric index the superoinferior index of body (1926) Idealized diameters and indices such as bucal, bi-orbital, interloculo nasal, nasal bizygomatic and Froes da Fonseca tibio-pelvic indices A new index relating to upper and lower halves of sternal body, presented a new technique for measuring sternum and proposed the relation between mean width and length in Contribuição da anatomia do esterno (1926) Modified Dubois cephalization formula and Lapicque radio-pelvic index Modified Kruse scale (Froes-Kruse scale) Developed new models of notecards for anthropometric measures in As novas fichas antropológicas do Museu Nacional (1926) improved in 1933 Invented multimeter leveller Eponym of Froes da Fonseca technique (gasserectomy with conservation of motor roots) HONORS Life Member, Anatomisch Gesellschaft (1939)
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira, Brazilian / Portuguese naturalist, geographer and explorer (Salvador 27 April 1756 – Lisbon 23 April 1815) Headed a Portuguese expedition to Brazil aiming to study nature and a give a complete geographical and topographical description of each region explored Performed hydrographical explorations reporting the first exhaustive representation of Amazon rivers Wrote memoirs about fauna, flora, ores and Native populations Described a number of dyeing methods used by Brazilian Indians Sent plants, animals, wood samples, minerals and ethnographic material to Portugal Famous naturalists like Etienne Geoffroy de Saint-Hilaire, Joseph Banks, Casimiro Gómez Ortega and Alexander Von Humboldt described new species from his biological collections First reported and described cacao witches broom (1785-7) He would be among the first in the world to employ thermometer in order to diagnose fever in according to Anais Acad. Med. Rio de Janeiro 79:305, 1913 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY (about zoology) Memória sobre o peixe pira-urucu. Arch. Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro 12:155-8, 1903 Memória sobre o peixe-boi e do uso que lhe dão no Estado do Grão-Pará. Arch. Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro 12:169-74, 1903 Memória sobre o jurararete. Arch. Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro 12:181-6, 1903 Relações dos peixes dos sertões do Pará Memória sobre as tartarugas Memória sobre as variedades de tartarugas que há no Estado do Grão-Pará e do uso que lhe dão Relação dos animais quadrúpedes, silvestres, que habitam nas matas de todo o continente do Estado do Grão-Pará Observações gerais e particulares sobre a classe dos mamíferos Lista dos animais que fazem objeto das caçadas e das pescarias dos índios HONORS Alexandresaurus Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argolo & Sites Jr. 2007 (Reptilia)
Alejandro Feinstein
Alejandro Feinstein, Argentine astrophysicist (La Plata 30 May 1929 – Expert on astronomic photometry and galactic structure Authored over 200 papers SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With G. Baume, R. Vazquez & G. Carraro. Photometric study of the young open cluster NGC 3293. Astron. Astrophys. (2003) 99 Be Stars which recently showed large photometric changes. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 2(184), 1970 The open cluster NGC 6231 (1968) Multicolor UBVRI observations of metallic-line stars. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 79, 1967 The intrinsic colors of bright giants (1960) Ha and Hp measures as related to be Be Star rotation With J.J. Clariá. Fotometria multicolor del cumulo abierto NGC2287 List of Be Stars in open clusters with UBV data With J.C. Muzzio. The light curve of I Carinae. Astron. Astrophys. A group of stars around the helium star HD96446 With R.A. Vazquez. The brightest stars in young open clusters With R.A. Vazquez. Binary stars: another effect contributing to the supposed abnormal extinction law in NGC6193?. Astron. Astrophys. 257(411):92, 863 HONORS Asteroid 10988 Feinstein