Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
Marjorie Eileen Doris Courtenay-Latimer, South African ornithologist (East London, Eastern Cape 24 February 1907 – East London, Eastern Cape 17 May 2004) Discovered the the fish species coelacanth (1938) described by Smith Described a new bird subspecies (Saxicola torquatus clanceyi) On the races of the Stonechat occurring in the Cape Province, South Africa, with the description of a new form. Bull. Br. Orn. Club 81:114-7, 1961 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With G.G. Smith, H. Bokelman & A. Batten. The flowering plants of the Tsitsikama forest and Coastal National Park (1967) Check list of the birds of the East London area. South African Avifauna Series 20:1-76, 1964 Gray’s beaked whale Mesoplodon grayi. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 3:122, 1963 Birds of the State Alluvial Diamond Diggings: from Holgat to Orange Mouth. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 3:44-56, 1963 Birds seen in the Gonubie bird sanctuary. Ostrich 33:38-40, 1962 The Black Springbuck. Afr. Wildlife 15(1):15-8, 1961 With J.M. Winterbottom. A list of the birds of Little Namaqualand. South Afr. Avif. Series Percy FitzPatrick Inst. Afr. Orn. 1:1-46, 1961 Two rare seal records for South Africa. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 1:102, 1961 Whales on our coast. Zool. Soc. South. Afr. News Bull. 2(1):23-4, 1960 With P.A. Clancey. The occurrence of migratory Palaearctic quail in South Africa. Ostrich 31:169-72, 1960 Extensions to the ranges of three species in the Cape Province. Ostrich 28:172-4, 1957 Red-backed shrike Lanius collurio Linnaeus. Ostrich 28:171, 1957 On the breeding of Sterna vittata tristanensis Murphy off the coast of Cape Province, South Africa. Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club 77:82-3, 1957 Red Tailed Tropical Bird (Phaethon rubricauda) in the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State. Ostrich 26:38, 1955 The English sparrow at East London. Bokmakierie 7:32, 1955 Investigation of the Cape Gannet (Morus capensis). Ostrich 25 (3): 106-15, 1954 Sea bird migrants. Ostrich 24:50, 1953 Marine birds at and offshore at Bird Island, Algoa Bay. Ostrich 24(1):27-32, 1953 With C. Gibson-Hill. A preliminary note on the Bird Island group in Algoa Bay. Ostrich 17(2):175-86, 1946 The ground hornbill (Bucorvus cafer). Ostrich 13:121-36, 1942 Knysma lourie (Turacus corythaix corythaix). Ostrich 13:1-9, 1942 Breeding of the Mountain buzzard (Buteo oreophilus Hartert & Neuman). Ostrich 12:20-3, 1941 Tern observations at Bird Island, Algoa Bay, C.P. Ostrich 8(2):61-7, 1937 HONORS Latimeria Smith 1939 (Pisces)
Mariano R. Castex
Mariano Rafael Ezequiel Pompeyo Castex Torres, Argentine physician (Buenos Aires 10 April 1886 – Buenos Aires 30 June 1968) ACHIEVEMENTS Described hepatic reticular necrosis in prolonged obstruent jaundice Discovered ampullar cicatricial origin of spontaneous non-tuberculous hemopneumothorax With E.S. Mazzei. El hemoneumotorax espontaneo y tuberculosis. Rev. Tuberc. (1939) Described clinical triad of pneumothorax (Castex-Mazzei-Capdehourat triad) With E.S. Mazzei & E.L. Capdehourat. Hemoneumotorax espontaneo. Rev. Asoc. Med. Argent. 49:1127, 1936 With E.S. Mazzei. L’hemopneumothorax spontaneé. Presse Med. 104:2097-00, 1936 Described late postoperative atelectasis With E.S. Mazzei. Atelectasia pulmonar postoperatoria tardia: sindrome de atelectasia espástica tardia del lóbulo inferior izquierdo asociada a la dilatación colonioca segmentaria aguda. Prensa Med. Argent. 35 (32):1577-82, 1948 Described ischemic pathogeny of giant ampulllar emphysema With E.S. Mazzei. Las bronconeumopatias congenitas verdaderas y los cuadros radiologicos simulados por el enfisema ampolloso. Prensa Med. Argent. 28 (1941) With E.S. Mazzei & J.M. Remolar. Insuflación alveolar, enfisema ampolloso y neumotorax espontaneo en los tumores broncopulmonares. Dia Medico (1943) Discovered the meaning of the splitting of the first cardiac sound in bundle branch block Castex murmur (systolic murmur in acute infarction of myocardium) Los soplos del corazón. La Prensa Med. Argent. 19:19, 1932 Described a new B hemophilia (1944) With A. Pavlovsky & C. Simonetti. Contribución al estudio de la fisiopatogenia de la hemofilia. Medicina 5:16, 1944 Showed the action of succinic acid as breathing stimulant With Luis Camponovo & Francisco Labour. Succinic acid as a respiratory stimulant. Prensa Med. Argent. 35(5):195-203, 1948, 35(28):1327-33, 1948 & 35(44):2083-92, 1948 Proposed diencephalic doctrine of essential arterial hypertension (1926) Castex sign or Castex-Camauer-Battro in post-encephalic parkinsonism With A.F. Camauer & A. Battro. Sindrome postencefalitico; palilalia, fenómeno linguomaxilar, parálisis de la elevación de la mirada por lesion de los tuberculos cuadrigéminos anteriores, parkisonismo, etc. Rev. Oto-Neuro Oftalm. Cir. Neurol. 1(1):29, 1927 Showed the role of hypercapnia in black cardiacs, the constancy of bronchial factor in these patients and its typical bronchographic image With E.L. Capdehourat. La fisiopatogenia de la cianosis de un enfermo broncopulmonar cronico que realiza el síndrome de los llamados cardiacos negros. Prensa Med. Argent. 19:914, 1932 With E.L. Capdehourat. Cronologismo de las alteraciones morbidas y su fenomenologia en los llamados cardiacos negros de Ayerza. Prensa Med. Argent. 19:1041, 1932 With E.L. Capdehourat & E.S. Mazzei. Le role du facteur bronchique chez les cardiaques noirs (les broncho-pulmonaires cyanotiques). La Presse Medicale 97, 1937 With E.L. Capdehourat & E.S. Mazzei. Resultados del estudio broncografico en los cardiacos negros. Roentgen 1:5-12, 1937 Showed the role of carbogen in vascular therapeutics With A. Di Ció. El anhidrido carbonico y el carbogeno en el tratamiento de las arteriopatias periféricas. Bol. Acad. Nac. Bs Aires (1934) Showed the role of certain intestinal parasitic infections in some general clinical status With D. Greenway. Little known clinical manifestations of human amebiasis. Bull et Mém. Soc. Méd. Hop. Paris 50:376, 1926 With J.C. Galán. La giardiase duodenale. Arch. D. Mal. L’App. Digestif 16:633-45, 1926 Castex-Palacio-Mazzei thoracic brachial syndrome / Described thoracobrachial sore sign of bronchogenic cancer With J. Palacio e E.S. Mazzei. Sindrome de compression nervosa en el cancer pulmonar (1934) Castex-Palacio-Mazzei esophago-recurrent syndrome With J. Palacio & E.S. Mazzei. Sindrome de estenosis esofagica en el curso del cancer del pulmón. Arch. Urug. Med. Cir. Espec. 12(2):136, 1938 Castex purpurae or neurological purpurae Sulla patogenesi della porpora emorrhagica. Policlinico 31 (10):509, 1925 La pathogenie du purpura hémorrhagique. Presse Medicale 26:277, 1924 Described signs in pulmonary atelectasis as (Castex-Palacio-Mazzei sign) With J. Palacio & E.S. Mazzei. Aspectos broncográficos en el cancer pulmonar y en la atelectasia. Arch. Apar. Resp. 4:83, 1936 Studied halisteresis by neuropathies and iatrogenies Halisteresis (1950) A sign of late hereditary syphilis (1920) Un nuevo estigma de sifilis hereditaria Other contributions With R. Pradere & N. Romano. Pleuresia hemorragica doble y mastitis por lues. Rev. Asoc. Med. Arg. 34:464-71, 1921 (cited in JAMA 77:1530, 1921) With C.F. Carrega Casaffousth & L. Ontañeda. Sindrome de vertice de orbita por osteoperiostitis sifilitica. Arch. Oftalm. Buenos Aires 3:351, 1928 With L. López Ramírez & A. Battro. Signes radiologiques et electrocardiografiques des anévrysmes de la portion intrapericardique de l’aorte ascendante. Arch. Mal. Coeur Vais. Sang. 25:222, 1932 Sodium salt of para-aminosalicylic acid is an effective anti-allergy agent. Prensa Med. Argent. 37(13):639-49, 1950 With M. Schteingart. Calcemia and the thyroid. C.R. Soc. Biol. 93:1673, 1926 (abstract in JAMA 86:988, 1926) With A.F. Camauer. Sindrome cuadrigemelar. (studio sintético de cuatro casos). Rev. Oto-Neuro-Oftalm. Sudamer. 1:121-247, 1927 (Abstract in Zbl. Ges. Ophthal. 19:782-3, 1927) Pseudo hémophilie determinée par un excés de substances anticoagulants, du genre de l’héparine. Bull. Acad. Nat. Med. 130:596, 1946 With A. Pavlovsky & C. Simonetti. Individualización quimica del factor coagulante de la leche (1944) With M. Schteingart. Specific dynamic action of proteins as a guide to the etiology of obesity Papers in top journals With E.S. Mazzei. The emphysematous-bullous form of bronchial cancer. Brit. Med. J. 2(4728):391-2, 1951 With E.L. Capdehourat. Medical treatment of hydatid cyst of the lung. Brit. Med. J. 2:604, 1950 With E.S. Mazzei, M.S. Dreyer & E.A. Pedace. Pathology following the inhalation of gasoline. JAMA 135:1023, 1947 With A. Battro & R. Gonzalez. Diagnosis of the site of origin of ventricular extrasystoles in human beings. Arch. Intern. Med. 67(1):76-90, 1941 (today JAMA Internal Medicine) INSTRUMENTS / TECHNIQUES With G. Ruiz Moreno. Extensiômetro para porta objectos. Prensa Med. Argent. 28:1935, 1945 With N. Romano & R.A. Eyherabide. Sobre un nuevo metodo de drenaje subcutanea permanente no tratamiento de la meningite tuberculosa. Rev. Soc. Med. Intern. Soc. Tisiol. 4(2):287, 1925 With N. Romano. Nuevo método de drenaje permanente subcutaneo en el tratamiento de los derrames pleurales serofibrinosos. Rev. Soc. Med. Intern. Soc. Tisiol. (1925) With L.E. Ontañeda. New encephalographic technique insufflation of air by the double puncture method – cisternal and lumbar combined. Radiology 23(5), 1934 With Luis E. Ontañeda & Felipe M. Solanet. Cisternoterapia. I. Tecnica de las inyecciones en la cisterna magna. Prensa Med. Argent. 20:1729, 1933 With L.E. Ontañeda. Ponction cisternale. Procédés pour mesurer la distance de la peau à la dura mere. La Prensa Med. Argent. 17:583,
Maria Pereira de Castro
Maria Pereira de Castro, Brazilian acarologist and virologist (Mineiros, Goiás State 02 May 1921 – ?) DESCRIBED ACARI GENERA/SUBGENERA Flavionyssus 1948 Paraneonyssus 1948 Rhinoptes 1951 (with Pereira) Rochanyssus 1948 Travanyssus 1948 Vitznyssus 1948 Introduced new classification criteria of Rhinonyssidae mites With Vicente do Amaral discovered that Toxoplasma gondii displayed division by schizogony Developed swine cellular lineage IB-RS-2 internationally used to replication of foot and mouth disease virus With R.C.B. Pisani. Swine renal cells as primary cultures and as an established cell line (RS-2) and their sensitivity to the foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) 1963 Developed an argentic impregnation method for studying internal morphology of microscopic invertebrates With C. Pereira. Um método de impregnação argêntica para estudo da morfologia interna de invertebrados microscópicos em Toto-montagem. Arqu. Inst. Biol. São Paulo 14:207-11, 1943. Developed a new technique for culturing renal tissue of guinea pig With D. de Mello. Tecido renal de cobaia cultivado por nova técnica e sua sensibilidade ao vírus da febre aftosa. Arq. Inst. Biol. 24:163-7, 1957 Obtained Mycobacterium leprae in tissue culture With P.R. de Souza & M.R. de Azevedo. Mycobacterium leprae em cultura de tecido. Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. 5:408-12, 1959 An infectious agent causing spontaneous degeneration of swine cells in vitro. J. Tissue Cult. Assoc. 9:8-16, 1973
Marcelo Nunes Camargo
Marcelo Nunes Camargo, Brazilian pedologist (Lorena, São Paulo State 26 June 1927 – Rio de Janeiro 07 July 1995) CONTRIBUTIONS With A.P. de Carvalho, J.O. Larach & P.K.T. Jacomine. Critérios para distinção de classes de solos e de fases de unidade de mapeamentos: normas em uso pelo SNLCS (1988) With E. Klamt & J.H. Kauffman. Soil classification as used in Brazilian soil surveys (1987) With P.K.T. Jacomine, I.L.P. Olmos, F. Palmieri & T.E. Rodrigues. Conceituação sumária de algumas classes de solos recém-reconhecidas nos levantamentos e estudos de correlação do SNLCS (versão provisória) 1982 With J. Bennema. Some remarks on Brazilian latosoils in relation to oxisols of soil taxonomy. Proceed. 2Nd Intern. Soil Class. Workshop Bangkok, Thailand (1979) With J. Bennema & KJ. Beek. Um sistema de classificação de aptidão agrícola de uso da terra para levantamentos de reconhecimento de solos (1964) With K.J. Beek & J. Bennema. Um sistema de classificação de capacidade de uso da terra para levantamento de reconhecimento de solos (1949)
Marcello de Moura Campos
Marcello de Moura Campos, Brazilian organic chemist (São Paulo 17 June 1921 – São Paulo 24 April 2016) With R.T. Arnold proposed the mechanism of bromolactone formation (1953) Developed methods for thioacetals preparation from carbonilic compounds (1950s) With N. Petragnani developed a number of reagents containing P-C-Se (selenophosphoranes) With N. Petragnani & Toscano first to synthesize species containing a P-Se-C binding With N. Petragnani described the addiction of tellurium tetrachloride to olefins (1962) With N. Petragnani & C. Thomé first to report the reduction of an organic substrate via a tellurium reagent (1960) With N. Petragnani first to use a tellurium reagent in organic synthesis (1960) With N. Petragnani discovered that both selenium and tellurium promotes the cyclization of unsaturated substrates in Chem. Ber. 93:317, 1960 With N. Petragnani discovered seleno- and tellurolactonization of unsaturated acids in Chem. Ber. 93:317, 1960 With N. Petragnani first to describe selenocyclofunctionalization reaction (1959)
Marcelino Cereijido
Marcelino Cereijido Mattioli, Argentine-born Mexican cytologist (Buenos Aires 29 January 1933 – Expert on molecular and cell physiology Authored 350 papers and 14 books (with over 5,000 citations) Much of his work are regarded as citation classics Developed experimental techniques for studying basic mechanisms of transport epithelium and elucidated them Discovered how cultured cells recognize each other, associate to close the surfaces between them and don’t let the entrance of certain substances With P. F. Curran developed a method for measuring K influx into the epithelial cells of frog skin from the inside solution in J. Gen. Physiol. (1965) With D.D. Sabatini introduced Madin-Darby canine kidney cell culture for the study of epithelial cell polarity (1970s) With R.G. Contreras, J.J. Bolívar & A. Lazaro. A novel type of cell-cell coperation between epithelial cells. J. Membr. Biol. (1995) With I. Larre showed the role of the ouabain in the cell communication (2006) With I. Larre. Na+, K+-ATPase is the putative membrane receptor of hormone ouabain. Comm. Integr. Biol. 3(6):625-8, 2010 With C. A. Rotunno & M.I. Pouchan. Location of mechanism of active transport of sodium across the frog skin. Nature 210 (5036):597-9, 1966 With A. Ponce & L. Gonzalez Mariscal. Tight junctions and apical/basolateral polarity. J. Membr. Biol. 110(1):1-9, 1989