Garibaldi José Devincenzi
Garibaldi José Devincenzi Alciaturi, Uruguayan zoologist (Maldonado 20 December 1882 – Montevideo 17 September 1943) Authored over 45 papers DESCRIBED VALID FISH SPECIES Hypostomus luteomaculatus 1942 Mullus americanus 1933 Paraloricaria commersonoides 1943 Scleronema angustirostre 1942 Trachelyopteris teaguei 1942 HONORS Devincenzia Kraglievich 1932 (Fossil Aves)
Friedrich Moritz Draenert
Friedrich Moritz Draenert, German-born Brazilian agronomist (Weimar 03 December 1838 – Uberaba, Minas Gerais State 09 September 1903) First in the world showed bacterium as causative agent of plant diseases identifying Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vasculorum as etiologic agent of sugar cane gummosis before T.J. Burrill Berichte über die Krankheit des Zuckerrohrs. Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde 1:13-17, 1869 Weitere notizen über Krankheit des Zuckerrohrs. Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde 1:212, 1869 Proposed a set of rules for weather forecast in O Clima do Brazil (1896)
Francisco Díaz Covarrubías
Francisco Díaz Covarrubías, Mexican astronomer and geographer (Jalapa, Veracruz State 21 January 1833 – Paris, France 19 May 1889) ACHIEVEMENTS Proposed Mexican method for latitudinal determination at any geographical location in Earth (1855) Proposed new astronomical methods for determination of geographical time, azimuth, latitude and longitude Nuevos metodos astronomicos para determiner la hora, el azimuth, la latitude y la longitude geograficas (1867) Predicted Solar eclipse that occurred at March 25, 1857 Introduced the use of chiaroscuro in topographic drawing SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Determinación de la posicion geografica de Mexico (1859) With R. Almaraz. Carta hidrográfica del Valle de Mexico (1862) Viaje de la comision astronomica Mexicana al Japón para observar El transito Del planeta Venus por el disco del Sol el 8 de diciembre de 1874 (1876) Recherches relatives a l’influence de la chaleur solaire sur la figure generale de la terre (1881)
Francisco Dominguez Roldan
Francisco Faustino de La Caridad Domínguez y Roldán, Cuban physician (La Habana 15 February 1864 – La Habana 25 April 1942) Presented a new cause of facial palsy Contribución al estudio de la paralisis facial (1904) Authored Radio, Radiologia y Electricidad Medicas (1911) that lead him to be named honorary member of American Electro-therapeutic Association METHODS With A.G. Domínguez Roldán. Un nuevo método de topografia cráneo-cerebral. Rev. Cir. Med. La Habana 7(24):573-87, 1902 Nuevo metodo de sutura en la cura radical de la hernia inguinal (1903) Nuevo tratamiento de la tiña. Rev. Esc. Med. (1904) DEVICES Aparato para la curación del hidrocele (1894) Modificación de la dermo-lampara y aplicación de los rayos Finsen en el diagnostico y tratamiento del hidrocele (1904)
Fernando Defillo
Fernando Alberto Defilló Meriño, Dominican tropical physician (Puerto Plata 27 February 1874 – Santo Domingo 29 October 1949) Performed first staining of Monilia Introduced improvements to neurohistological technique Contribución a las técnicas de laboratório no argentinas del tejido nervioso. Rev. Med. Domin.3(2):5-7, 1948 Discovered disinfectant properties of vapours of thyme, shin and cloves Discovered the curative properties of amamu (Petiveria alliacea) Isolated an alkaloid with anti-tetanic properties SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY El origen de la sífilis. An. Univ. Santo Domingo 15(53-6):147-61, 1950 Discutibilidad del contagio absoluto de la lepra. An. Univ. Santo Domingo 13(45-6):133-9, 1948 Le traitement de la lepre dans la Republique Dominicaine. Presse Med. 3-4:363, 1926 Antisepsia intestinal. Thesis HONOURS Honorary Professor, Instituto de Psicologia de Lisboa, Portugal (1909) Diploma, Institute de Cancer de Paris (1928)
Fe del Mundo
Fe Primitiva del Mundo y Villanueva, Philippine pediatrician (Manila 27 November 1909 – Quezón City 06 August 2011) Authored over 100 articles First female student at Harvard Medical School (1936) INVENTIONS A bamboo radiant warmer used as incubator in rural communities (1973) A photo therapy device for jaundice relieving A cloth-suspended scale to weigh infants BRAT (banana, rice, apple and tea) diet for curing diarrhea HONOURS Award, 15th International Congress of Pediatrics (1977)