João de Vasconcelos Sobrinho
João de Vasconcelos Sobrinho, Brazilian ecologist (Moreno, Pernambuco State 28 April 1908 – Recife 04 May 1989) Obtained worldwide fame as expert on desertification phenomenon Considered as one of the founders of desertology Proposed the concept of desertification nuclei (1971) Proposed a methodology for identifying desertification processes (1978) Much of terms coined by him are employed in ecological terminology such as desertification nuclei and canopy permeability
José Verocay
José Juan Verocay, Czech / Uruguayan anatomical pathologist (Paysandu 16 June 1876 – Teplitz, Bohemia 25 December 1927) From Austrian father and Italian mother Discovered cellular structure of neurofibromatosis and distinguished them from neurofibromas coining the term neurinoma or Verocay bodies or nodules. Today they are called schwannomas Developed a new procedure for staining connective tissue Ueber ein neues verfahren zur färbung des Bindegewebes. Verh. Ges. Natura u. Aerste 80 Vers Koln 11(2):52-5, 1908 Detailed the origin and histological benign nature of vestibulocochlear nerve tumors (1910) BIBLIOGRAPHY Aktinomykose der beckenorgan eines 14 jährigenmädchens. Verh. Deutsch. Path. Ges. Jena 9:129-42, 1905 Multiplicitas cordis (heptacardia) bei einem huhn. Verh. Deutsch. Path. Ges. Jena 9:192-8, 1905 Demonstration einer aortenanomalie. Prag. Med. Wschr. 1906 Ueber einge fälle besonderer retroperitonealer tumoren. Sonder-Abdruck Ztschr. f. Heilk 27(4), 1906 Ren impar sinister kombiniert mit anomalien der genitalorgane, der baucharterien und des skelettes. Prag. Med. Wschr. 32, 1907 Beseitigung der “formolniederschläge” aus mikroskopischen schnitten. Centralbl. f. Allg. Path. u. Path. Anat. Jena 19(19);769-74, 1908 Multiple geschwulste als systemerkrankung am nervösen apparate. Festschr. f. H. Chiari. 378-415, 1908 Zur Kenntnis der neurofibrome. Beith. z. Path. Anat. u. z. Allg. Path. 156:1-68, 1910 Ein fall von maligner hypophysenganggeschwulst. Prag. Med. Wschr. 36:656, 1911 Contributo alla casistica della atresia congenita dellaorta in proximita Del duto arterioso Del Botallo. Patologica 101:1-12, 1913 Pseudohermaphroditismus mesculinus completus. Verh. Deutsch. Naturforscher u Aertza 13:25-46, 1913 Arterienverkalkung bei un geborener lues. Frankf. Zschr. 1915 Hat unwegsamkeit des ductus deferens atrophie des hodens zur folge? Prag. Med. Wschr. 40(11):1-7, 1915 Eins Junges menschliches. Ei Archiv. F. Gynaeko Berlin. 105:151-68, 1916
Jose Vizioli
José Vizioli, Brazilian plant pathologist and mycologist (Piracicaba, São Paulo State 29 March 1896 – Piracicaba, São Paulo State 12 September 1957) Son of Italian immigrants DESCRIBED DISEASES Myriogenospora aciculispora in Um novo pirenomiceto parasita da cana (1926) Um mal biológico do algodoeiro. Rev. Soc. Rural 14:34-6, 1934 DESCRIBED SPECIES Eutrypella linearis, Microthia coccolobai & Pterosporidium rhizosphorae Some Pyrenomycetes of Bermuda. Mycologia 15:107-19, 1923 METHODS A new process for multiplying sugarcane seedlings A importação de mudas de cana e um novo processo para a sua rápida multiplicação. Bol. Agricultura da Secret. Agric. Ind. Comm. S. Paulo (1928) Proposed a steam engine O alcool industrial e a defesa da indústria açucareira (1930) HONOURS Bronze Medal, International Congress of Chemical Manure, Rome (1938)
Jose Valls
José Valls Ruiz, Argentine orthopedist (Buenos Aires 20 June 1896 – Buenos Aires 01 May 1977) From Spanish parents Authored about 130 works New conceptions on the etiology and treatment os sciatica: vertebral arthritis as the cause of neurodocytic sciatica. Rev. Oto-Neuro-Oftalm. Cir. Neurol. (1927) With C.E. Ottolenghi first to advocate biopsy of regional lymph nodes for conformation of the diagnosis of bone and joint tuberculosis (1931) Developed a guiding compass for osteosynthesis of fractures of the neck of femur with Smith-Petersen nails and Valls-Lagomarsino nails With E.H. Lagomarsino. Technique personelle et nouvelle instrumentation pour l’osteosynthese du col femoral à ciel ouvert. Bull. Soc. Nat. Chir. Paris (1935) With E.H. Lagomarsino. Tratamiento de las fracturas del cuello de fêmur (1943) With C.E. Ottolenghi & F. Schajowicz. La biopsia por aspiración en el diagnostico de las lesiones oseas (1942) With C.E. Ottolenghi & F. Schajowicz. Aspiration biopsy in diagnosis of lesions of vertebral bodies. JAMA 136:376-82, 1948 New procedures in the treatment of fractures: our experience. Rev. Asoc. Med. Argent. 61(603-4):211-8, 1947 A new prosthesis for arthroplasty of the hip. J. Bone Joint Surg Br. 34B(2):308-10, 1952 Arthroplasty of the hip: model of new metallic prosthesis. Dia Med. 25(50):1360-3, 1953 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J.R. Valls. Metaphyseal curettage and temporary laxity of the hip in the treatment of arthritis deformans. Acta Orthop. Scand. 32:445, 1962 Late treatment of aseptic necrosis of the hip in fractures and dislocations of the neck of the fêmur, with special reference to arthrodesis and arthroplasty. Rev. Ortop. Traum. Lat. Am. 6(1):1-14, 1961 Paralytic dislocation of the hip. Bull. Hosp. Jt. Dis. 21:346-50, 1960 Tumores de celulas gigantes. Mem. du 7eme Congr. SICOT, Barcelona (1957) With D. Muscolo & F. Schajowicz. Reticulum cell sarcoma of bone. J. Bone Joint Surg. 34B:588, 1952 Acrylic prosthesis in a case with fracture of the head of the humerus. Bol. Soc. Orthop. Trauma 17:61, 1952 With C.E. Ottolenghi & F. Schajowicz. Epiphyseal chondroblastoma of bone. J. Bone Joint Surg. 33A:997-1009, 1951 With M. Polak & F. Schajowicz. Fibrous dysplasia of bone. J. Bone Joint Surg. 32A:311, 1950 With J.E. Valls. Streptomycin in osteoarticular tuberculosis. Rev. Asoc. Med. Argent. 63(663-4):475-7, 1949 With D.T. Muscolo. Dissecting osteochondritis of the hip. Rev. Asoc. Med. Argent. 61(597-600):29-33, 1947 Kuntscher intramedullary interlocking in long bone fractures. Bol. Trab. Acad. Argent. Cir. 31(29):967, 1947 With J.E. Valls. Treatment of tarsal trauma. Acta Congr. Soc. Cir. Chile 8:175-90, 1946 Lesiones traumaticas de los meniscos, ligamentos cruzados y ligamentos laterales de la rodilla (1941) Rupture of the lateral ligament of the knee joint. Am.J. Surg. 43:486-91, 1939 La biopsie ganglionnaire comme moyen de diagnostic dans les arterites chroniques des membres. Brux. Med. 13:1151-7, 1932-3 & 14 Suppl:104, 1933-4 La patologia de los ligamentos cruzados de la articulación de la rodilla. Rev. Ortop. Traumat. 1(1), 1931 Reconstrucción del ligamento lateral interno con seda. Rev. Arg. Ortop. HONOURS President, International Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Barcelona (1957) Honorary Member, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons & American Orthopedic Association
Jose Vallega
José Vallega, Italian/Argentine plant pathologist (Genoa 29 May 1909 – Rome 10 April 1978) Authored over 200 scientific papers Studied physiological races of the rusts of cereals and flax With G. Garcia Rada, W.Q. Loegering & E.C. Stakman. An usually virulent race of wheat stem rust, Nº 189. Phytopathology 32:720-6, 1942 DEVELOPED NEW VARIETIES Santa Fe (oat) Dos nuevas selecciones de trigo de origen hibrido inmunes a Puccinia glumarum. Rev. Fac. Agron. 22(1):139-45, 1937 With G. Zitelli. New selections of durum wheat bred in Italy for resistance to the principal races of stem and leaf rusts. With G. Zitelli. New high yielding Italian durum wheat varieties (1973) With G. Zittelli, B.M. Mariani & E. Biancolatte. A durum wheat of high protein content useful for breeding purposes (1978) HONOURS E.C. Stakman Award, University of Minnesota (USA) 1960
Jose Ribeiro do Valle
José Ribeiro do Valle, Brazilian pharmacologist (Guaxupé, Minas Gerais State 15 August 1908 – São Paulo 19 December 2000) Demonstrated the presence of yellow bodies of ovary in non-venomous ovoviviparous snakes and reported original observations about endocrine glands in these vertebrates With P.R. Souza. Observações sobre o sistema endócrino dos ofídios. Rev. Bras. Biol. 2:81-8, 1942 Demonstrated the presence of androgens in testicles and estrogen in ovaries of Crotalidae With Luiz A. Ribeiro do Valle. Gonadal hormones in snakes. Science 97(2522):400, 1943 First observed the triple effect, an early indication of reactive vasoconstrictor in peripheral vascular beds following 9-THC injection With S.W. Siqueira & A.J. Lapa. The triple effect induced by Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol on the rat blood pressure. Europ. J. Pharmacol. (1979) Proposed relative responsiveness or rho ratio a new parameter for classification of receptor system, which measures the capability of a receptor system to induce a maximal contraction after saturation by a full agonist With A. Jurkiewicz, N.H. Jurkiewicz & G.G. Barros. Relative responsiveness (ρ) of pharmacological receptor systems in the rat vas deferens. Pharmacology 2:89-99, 1969 Proposed a model of mice cage named EPM With J. Leal Prado. Modelo prático de gaiola para ratos em experimentação. Cien. Cult. 1:116, 1949 Authored important studies about the action of hormones on motricity of genital muscles Farmacologia do Canal Deferente e da Vesícula seminal de cobaia (Papel dos hormônios sexuais) With L.C.U. Junqueira. Motility and pharmacological reactivity of genitals of vitamin E deficiente rats. Endocrinology 40:316-21, 1940 With T.H. & A. Porto. Contractilite et reactions pharmacologiques des canaux deferents et des vesicules des rats castres et traites par les hormones sexuelles. Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de (1938) With T.H. Martins. Contractilite, survie et pharmacologic in vitro de l’epididyme humain, Compt. rend. Soc. biol. 129: 1152, 1938. With T.H. Martins. Contractilite et pharmacologie comparee in vitro des canaux deferents de Macacus rhesus normaux, castres ou injected d’hormones sexuelles’. C. R. Soc. Biol, Paris, 129:1122-5 (1938) With T.H. Martins. Endocrine control of the motility of the male accessory genital organs. Endocrinology 25:80-90 (1939) DEVELOPED METHODS Proposed using pigeons with crop fistula for quantitative assay of prolactin Test para a prolactina baseado em frottis da mucosa do papo de pombo (1937) Ovarian hyperemia in the immature rat as a pregnancy test in equids. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 66(2):352-4, 1947 With Z. P. Picarrelli, R. Kupper, E.S. Prado & J.L. Prado. Assay of renin and hypertension with the isolated guinea-pig ileum. Circ. Res. 2(4):354-8, 1954 With J. Leal Prado developed a method or test for pregnandiol (Leal-Valle method) HONOURS Honorable Mention, American Psychological Association for his work With T. Martins. Hormonal regulation of the micturition behavior of the dog. J. Comp. Phys. Psych. 41(5):301-11, 1948 His second spouse Zuleika Pentone Picarelli Ribeiro do Valle, pharmacologist (São Paulo 02 May 1926 – São Paulo 03 April 2016) With J.H. Gaddum discovered the existence of multiple serotoninergic receptors (1956) With J. Gaddum first classified and recognized distinct 5-HT receptors called M & D (1957) With J. Ribeiro do Valle wrote a book chapter about the venom from bristles of urticant caterpillars in Venomous animals and their venoms from W. Bucherl & E. Buckley (1971)