Leonidas & Maria Deane
Leonidas de Mello Deane, Brazilian parasitologist (Belém 18 March 1914 – Rio de Janeiro 30 January 1993) From British father Authored over 200 works Expert on epidemiology of endemic parasitic diseases of the New World Recognized as a world expert on malaria Studied biology related to parasites transmission by entomological vectors Performed studies on geographical distribution of Anophelinae Reported the first case of human infection by Plasmodium simium in scientific literature (1960s) With his wife described a technique to scan intestinal content of Kissing bug DESCRIBED SPECIES (with wife) Diptera Anopheles sawyeri 1943 with Causey & Sampaio Anopheles galvaoi 1943 with Causey Anopheles pseudopunctipennis 1944 with Causey Chagasia roozeboomi 1944 with Causey Lutzomyia samueli 1955 Protozoa Trypanosoma diasi 1952 with Martins Trypanosoma coutinhoi 1961 Trypanosoma renjifoi Trypanosoma mesnilbrimonti Trypanosoma pessoai 1963 with Sugay HONORS Visiting Scientist, Imperial College of London (1970) Genus Deanemyia Galati 2003 (Diptera) His wife, Maria Von Paumgartten Deane, Brazilian parasitologist (Belém 24 July 1916 – Rio de Janeiro 13 August 1995) From Austrian father and French mother Co-authored most of his works With H.L. Lenzi & A.M. Jansen discovered a double life cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi (vertebrate and invertebrate cycles) living in the same host, the opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) in 1984 Um método para manter colônias de triatomídeos em laboratórios. Rev. Serv. Espec. Saude Publ. 2(2):493-500, 1948 With E. Kirchner. Método simples de enriquecimento para evidenciar tripanosomas no sangue. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. S. Paulo 4(6):407-8, 1962 With R. Milder. A process of reproduction of Trypanosoma conorhini different from binary or multiple fission. J. Protozool. 13(4):553-9, 1966
Laxmangudi Krishnamurthy Doraiswamy
Laxmangudi Krishnamurthy Doraiswamy, Indian / US chemical engineer (Bangalore 13 May 1927 – Danville, Pennsylvania 02 June 2012) World pioneer on chemical reactions engineering Established organic synthesis engineering as a modern discipline Authored about 180 papers Solved many problems in phase transfer catalysis by immobilizing the catalyst on a polymer support DEVELOPED A number of processes such as catalytic and non-catalytic processes in both batch and continuous modes A novel continuous catalytic process for dimethylaniline Comercially important technologies such as fluidized-bed processes for making chloromethanes and methylchlorosilanes Continuous process for ethylenediamine A new process for vitamin B6 A complete process for methyl, ethyl, butyl and 2-ethylhexylacrylates Zeolite catalysts and process for xylene isomerization Processes for making alkylating benzene with alcohols A calcium based sorbent for desulphurizing hot coal gas (with T. Wheelock) Rihani-Doraiswamy method for calculating enthalpy, entropy and the Cp for an ideal gas (1965) Verma-Doraiswamy method to estimate standard heat of formation HONORS Richard H. Wilhelm (1990) & William H. Walker (2004) Awards, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Salford (1982) & University of Wisconsin Madison (1991) Named one of 10 most distinguished chemical engineers in the world LINKS http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00000383/00155/3j
Kemal Djenab
Kemal Cenap (Djenab) Berksoy, Turkish physiologist and biochemist (Üsküdar, Istanbul 1876 – Ankara 28 November 1949) His studies on secretin have drawn international attention Determined that the most effective secretion occurred in the deep mucous layer of the duodenum BIBLIOGRAPHY Contribution a l’etude de la part d’action de la moelle cervical dans la piqure diabetique chez le chien. C.R. Soc. Biol. 69:139-40, 1910 Traces hemautographiques cardio-arteriels superposes. C.R. Soc. Biol. 72(3), 1912 With C. Neuberg. Ueber die Saccharophosphatase der hefen und die vergärung der rohrzuckerphosphosaure. Biochem. Zschr. 82:391-411, 1917 Bildungsort und Schicksal des Sekretins für das Pankreas im Körper. Zentralbl. Physiol. 32-33:124, 1918 Etude sur la sécrétine. Annales Med. 12:475, 1922 With A. Mouchet. Nouvelles recherches sur les injections intra-cardiaques. Bull. Acad. Med. 29, 1924 With A. Mouchet. Action humorale de l’extrait du faisceau de His sur la pression arterielle. Bull. Acad. Med. Paris 3 Ser. 93, With A. Mouchet. Intracardiac transfusion. Journal Am. Med. Ass. 910, 1924 With M. Tevfik. Reflex duodenal pre-adaptation of gastric origin. Duodenal movements associated with change in intragastric pressure 21(5-6):880, 1936. Sur un reflexe gastro-duodenal. Journal de Physiol. Pathol. Gen. 37(1):83-5, 1939 With A. Hobechette. Contribution à l’etude expérimentale de l’intoxication tabagique aigue chez le chien. Arch. Balkan. 2(2), 1940. OTHERS Medicine & Physiology Nobel Prize nominee (1932) LINKS http://www.feps.org/yuklemeler/feps_newsletters/FEPS_newsletter__29.pdf
Julio Díez
Julio Díez Pradere, Argentine surgeon (Buenos Aires 08 October 1895 – Buenos Aires 01 August 1963) First described lumbar sympathectomy for thromboangiitis obliterans (1932) Developed resection of lumbosacral-cervical-thoracic sympathetic for treatment of trophic diseases and gangrene of the limbs (1925) Developed techniques for gastric surgery Designed surgical instruments Eponym of Díez-Gioja method
Juan Nicolas Davalos
Juan Nicolás Davalos Betancourt, Cuban bacteriologist (Juan Gualberto Gómez, Matanzas Province 06 November 1857 – La Habana 04 December 1910) Showed Pasteurella as causative agent of moquillo or avian diphtheria in Cuba La difteria aviaria in Cuba (1904) With E. Acosta Mayor developed an improved procedure of Emile Roux for production of antidiphtheria vaccine (praised by Roux) Obtained sera against tetanus, typhoid fever, anthrax and many animal diseases Discovered higadillo and its causative agent in chickens Etiologia del higaldillo (1888) Modified the Ziehl’s solution for fast staining of microorganisms Metodo de coloración rapida de los germenes (1892) Developed a new procedure for diagnosis of diphtheria (1893) El diagnostico bacteriologico da difteria (1897) Authored Aumento de la virulencia del micróbio del muermo por la temperatura media del pais (1890), reproduced by The Lancet Idealized a new procedure for bacteriological diagnosis of leprosy Diagnostico bacteriologico de la lepra (1889) Proposed coconut water as culture medium for distinct microbes Contribución del estudio del agua de coco como medio de cultivo de diferentes gérmenes patogenos Cron. Med. Quir. La Habana (1892) Concluded that Cuban tobacco displayed less nicotine that others produced in the world Notas sobre la fermentación del tabaco. Cron. Med. Quir. La Habana 18, 1892 LINKS (Spanish) http://www.revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/2958/html_657 http://files.sld.cu/digitalizacion-bmn/files/2018/05/0045-9178.1967.0035.0018.pdf
Juan Aníbal Domínguez
Juan Aníbal Domínguez Gonzalez, Argentine pharmacist, plant chemist and ethnobotanist (San Pablo de Salta 21 May 1876 – San Pablo de Salta 18 October 1946) Studied Argentine medicinal flora, determined their constituents and its therapeutical uses Performed micrographic studies of medically important plant chemicals SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Etude pharmacologique d’une gomme appeléé brea (Caesalpinia praecox) 1900 Estudio micrografico de medicamentos simples de origem vegetal (1902) Datos para Materia Medica Argentina (1903) Note sur Tagete glandulifera Schr. 1904 Note sur deux gommes de la Republique Argentine (1904) Contribution a l’etude de la lague de la tusca Acacia cavenna Hook. et Arn. (1906) Contribution al estudio de la Krameria iluca Phil. (1909) Investigaciones analíticas sobre algunas maderas y kinos indigenas (1917) Farmacoetnologia (1918) Contribución al estudio de la composición química de las plantas argentinas (1919) El Ambay (Cecropia adenopus Mart.) 1925 Contribuciones a Materia Medica Argentina (1928) El caapi o ayachuasca (Banisteria caapi Spruce) 1931 Medicación indigena antipaludica: El ualek-eiaj o quebracho llorón (Aspidosperma quebracho blanco Schlecht. f. pendulae Speg.) 1931 Notas de folk-lore medico americano: el pichi y la hualtata (1932) El yara chucchu (Cinchona sp.): cava-chucchu o quina y sus alcaloides en el tratamiento del paludismo (1933) Contribution to the study of the ergot Sclerotium clavus DC from a plant of Tierra Del Fuego PATENTS Improvements in and relating to processes for dyeing with natural dyes (1912) A new dyeing process US1121720 (1914) HONORS Bronze International Scientific Medal, International Academy of Botany, Le Mans, France (1905)