Diogenes de Almeida Campos
Diógenes de Almeida Campos, Brazilian vertebrate paleontologist (Irará, Bahia State 12 September 1943 – DESCRIBED FOSSIL GENERA Albertwoodemys 2011 with Gaffney, Meylan, Wood & Simons Angaturama 1996 with Kellner Anhanguera 1986 with Kellner Austroposeidon 2016 with Bandeira, Simbras, Machado, Oliveira & Kellner Baurutitan 2005 with Kellner & Trotta Brasilotitan 2013 with Machado, Avilla, Nava & Kellner Candidodon 1989 with Carvalho (Mammalia) Caninemys 2009 with Meylan & Gaffney Caryonosuchus 2011 with Kellner, Riff & Andrade Cearachelys 2001 with Gaffney & Hiraya Cordichelys 2011 with Gaffney, Meylan, Wood & Simons Feilongus 2005 with Wang, Kellner & Zhou Gegepterus 2006 with Wang, Kellner & Zhou Hongshanopterus 2008 with Wang, Zhou & Kellner Labidiosuchus 2012 with Kellner, Figueiredo & Azevedo Lapparentemys 2011 with Gaffney, Meylan, Wood & Simons Latentemys 2011 with Gaffney, Meylan, Wood & Simons Lemurchelys 2011 with Gaffney, Meylan, Wood & Simons Maxakalisaurus 2006 with Kellner, Azevedo, Trotta et al. Mogharemys 2011 with Gaffney, Meylan, Wood & Simons Nemicolopterus 2008 with Wang, Kellner & Zhou Nurhacius 2005 with Wang, Kellner & Zhou Peiropemys 2011 with Gaffney, Meylan, Wood & Simons Pepesuchus 2011 with Oliveira, Figueiredo, Riff, Azevedo, Carvalho & Kellner Pricemys 2011 with Gaffney, Meylan, Wood & Simons Pycnonemosaurus 2002 with Kellner Sahitisuchus 2014 with Kellner & Pinheiro Stratiotosuchus 2001 with Martín Suarez, Riff & Kellner Thalassodromeus 2002 with Kellner Trigonosaurus 2005 with Kellner, Bertini & Santucci Tupandactylus 2007 with Kellner Tupuxuara 1989 with Kellner Ypupiara 2021 with Brum, Pegas, Bandeira, Souza & Kellner HONORS (Fossil) Diogenornis Alvarenga 1983 (Aves) Camposipterus Rodrigues & Kellner 2013 (Reptilia) Diogenesia Oliveira, Carneiro & Goin 2021 (Mammalia)
Deolindo Couto
Deolindo Augusto de Nunes Couto, Brazilian neurologist and writer (Teresina 11 March 1902 – Rio de Janeiro 29 May 1992) Described Deolindo Couto’s pseudo-myopathic syndrome SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With B. Couto. Schistosomiasis of the spinal cord. Rev. Neurol. 20:315-25, 1962 Polineuropatias alcoholicas perifericas. Rev. Neurol. Bs. Aires 18(11):67-78, 1960 With P.W. Longo. Le traitement médicale des maladies dites extrapyramidales (1957) With N. Costa. Esquistossomose da medula. J. Bras. Neurol. 2:89, 1949 With A. Austregésilo, F. Austregésilo & N. Costa. Algumas observações clinico-patologicas acerca das neuroviroses observadas no Brasil. J. Bras. Neurol. 1:363-75, 1949 With R.L. Cavalcanti. Gargoilismo, lipocondrodistrofia, doença de Hurler, disostose multiplex. Rev. Centro Psiq. Nac. 1:13-7, 1946 O tremor parkinsoniano e a via piramidal (1945) Sindromes neuro-vegetativas do aparelho genital feminino. An. Bras. Ginec. 17:38-46, 1944 Clinica neurologica (1944) Medulloblastoma of fourth ventricle, with report of case. Cultura Med. 3:33-47, 1941 Sindrome de Little. Arch. Pediat. 13:9, 1940 Doenças de Recklinghausen e de Paget (1934) With A. Austregésilo. De la possibilité d’une atrofie musculaire d’origine cerebrale (1931) With A. Austregésilo. Neurofibromatose de Recklinghausen et maladie de Paget. L’Encephale 25:592-9, 1930 Polyneurites gravidicas (1928) O clono do pé (1926) HONORS Vice-president, International Congresses of Neurology at Paris (1949), Lisbon (1955), Bruxelles (1957) and Rome (1961) Honorary Member, Societé Française de Neurologie Honorary Member, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie Honorary Member, Sociedad Argentina de Neurologia Honorary Member, American Neurological Association
Daniel Pedro Ferro Cardoso
Daniel Pedro Ferro Cardoso, Brazilian engineer and inventor (Natal 08 October 1837 – Rio de Janeiro 05 April 1899) INVENTIONS/PATENTS INVENTIONS/PATENTS Pneumatic coffee-grain dryer (1877) and 4 improvements on it (e.g. Ferro Cardoso dryer 1886) Melhoramento na máquina de secar café, denominada secador Ferro Cardoso nº 8701 (1882) Melhoramento no secador Ferro Cardoso (1882) Aparelho de secar café denominado “secador pneumático pela condensação” nº6645 (1877) With J. Sherrington. Aparelho destinado a secar café nº6603 (1877) Other patents in 1879 and 1886 Machine for peeling coffee grains An apparatus for lower the temperature indoor Aparelho para baixar temperatura no interior dos edifícios nº3171 (1863) Brazilian formicide liquor With Antonio Pinto Moreira. Formicida ou Licor inseticida brasileiro nº7951 (1880) Prodigio Dryer for any objects or evaporate liquids employing barometric principle Máquinas de secar qualquer objeto ou evaporar líquido pelo princípio barométrico, as quais denominou secador Prodigio (1884) A mechanical liquid evaporator Aplicação do ar por meio mecânico para evaporação dos líquidos pelo aparelho que denominou evaporador mecânico (1891) Insecticide and restorer for coffee plants Preparado industrial denominado Inseticida e restaurador dos cafeeiros, destinado a destruir formigas, impedir a repovoação dos formigueiros e fertilizar as plantas (1885) Refrigerator for buildings Aparelho de sua invenção, denominado Refrescador e destinado a modificar a temperatura no interior das casas nº8428 (1882) A preparation for replacing brick in house buildings Preparação destinada a substituir o tijolo na construção de casas nº5956 (1875) A steam toaster for coffee, cacao, chicory and others (awarded in Universal Fair at Paris 1889) Patent about improvement of healthy air status (1879) Empregar magnetismo como força motriz nº7296 (1879) Aplicação do ar por meio mecânico para evaporação dos líquidos pelo aparelho que denominou evaporador mecânico (1891) A box for cigarettes production (1909) posthumous
Daniel Alcides Carrión
Daniel Alcides Carrión García, Peruvian physician (Quiullacocha, Cerro de Pasco 13 August 1857 – Lima 05 October 1885) Demonstrated clinically and experimentally that Peruvian wart and Oroya fever were 2 evolutive steps of bartonellosis (1885) Eponym of Carrión disease or bartonellosis (1885)
Daher Elias Cutait
Daher Elias Cutait, Brazilian surgeon (São Paulo 28 September 1913 – São Paulo 06 June 2001) Son of Lebanese immigrants Authored over 120 papers, 40 book chapters, 3 books and about 100 surgical films With E.B. Montenegro. Construction of a new esophagus by means of the transverse colon and its applications for caustic atresia, carcinoma and varices of the esophagus. Surgery 44:785, 1958 First advocated direct suture rectopexy Sacro-promontory fixation of the rectum for complete rectal prolapsed. J.R. Soc. Med. 52:105-6, 1959 (Suppl) Developed abdominoperineal pullthrough resection with delayed colorectal anastomosis called Cutait-Turnbull pull-through method or Swensson-Cutait surgery Megacolo: Nova técnica de retossigmoidectomia abdominoperineal sem colostomia. Anais 11th Intern. Congr. Proctology 2:831-46, 1960 With F.J. Figliolini. A new method of colorectal anastomosis in abdominoperineal resection. Dis. Colon Rectum 4:335-42, 1961 With O. Simonsen & F.J. Figliolini. Megacolon adquirido: nova técnica de anastomose colorectal na retossigmoidectomia abdominioperineal. Rev. Paul. Med. 60:447-58, 1962 Co-described abdominoperineal rectosigmoidectomy with delayed colorectal anastomosis (Cutait operation) With D. Birolini, F.J. Figliolini, P.D. Branco, P. Altenfelder, M. Speranzini, S.M. Campos, E.A.B. Ferreira, I. Fujimura, M.R. Oliveira & E.S. Bastos. Experiência com o tratamento do megacólon adquirido pela retossigmoidectomia e descrição da técnica da anastomose colo-retal retardada. Rev Ass Med Bras. 11:429-34, 1965 HONORS President, International Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (1984) Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (1989) Daher E. Cutait Oration, International Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (1992)
Cruz-Coke family
Eduardo Cruz-Coke Lassabe, Chilean biochemist (Valparaiso 22 April 1899 – Santiago 18 March 1974) From French mother and English grandfather ACHIEVEMENTS Developed the idea that molecular fluctuations exert a major influence on cells rather than that exerted by thermodynamics anticipating J. Monod Las transformaciones de la energia en los organismos vivos. Rev. La Clinica 4:517-30, 1927 Discovered tyrosine molecule in angiotensin Identified a factor of “energy yield” in oxidation reactions Factores componentes del metabolismo. Rev. Med. Chile 68:159-62, 1940 With J. Mardones & M. Plaza de los Reyes proposed a scheme of a number of biochemical reactions in renal hypertension mechanism METHODS Developed chemical methods for inactivating angiotensin (1946) With L. Lapicque. Nouvelle methode de dialyse chloroformique. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris 96:946-8, 1927 Sur une reaction chimique de la vitamine antirachitique. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris 105, 1930 A colour reaction of vitamine E with vitamine K and cysteine. Nature 181(4601):49, 1958 Papers in top journals With F. Gonzalez & W. Hulsen. The use of ionic exchange resins for the purification of penicillin and hypertensin. Science 101 (2622), 1945 (A simple method of purifying penicillin by means of synthetic resins) Inactivation of hypertensin. Science 104 (2691):86, 1946 Mechanism of renal hypertension. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 3:32-60, 1946 HONORS Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Paris Life Member, New York Academy of Sciences Honorary Member, United States Surgeons Association Vice-president, First International Congress of Biochemistry, Cambridge (1949) His son, Ricardo Cruz-Coke Madrid, Chilean physician (Santiago de Chile 13 August 1925 – Santiago de Chile 26 October 2016) Authored about 300 publications about medicine, genetics, ethics and history Described a nomogram to estimate the chance of consanguinity for specific autosomal recessive diseases Nomogram for estimating specific consanguinity risks. J. Med. Genet. 19(3):216-7, 1982 Sexagesimal scale for mapping human genome. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 74(1):91-7, 2001 A general diagram of human genome. J. Med. Genet. 27:388-9, 1990 With J.C. Silva. Medical genetic study by computer of a universal sample of livebirths. I. Introduction to the methods. Rev. Med. Chile 97(5):320-31, 1969 With J. Mardones. Detection of the segment of the population vulnerable to alcoholism, by means of a genetic marker Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam. 71(3):187-93, 1971 Papers / Letters in Lancet Genetic diagram of the human family. Lancet 304 (7872):109, 1974 Genetic theory and the alcoholic phenotype. Lancet 302 (7840):276, 1973 With G.J. Gorrell & H.C. Thuline. Inheritance of alcoholism. Lancet 289 (7484):274-5, 1967 With A. Varela. Inheritance of alcoholism. Its association with colour-blindness. Lancet 2 (7476):1282-4, 1966 With A. Varela. Colour-blindness and alcohol addiction. Lancet 2 (7426):1348, 1965 Colour-blindness and cirrhosis of the liver. Lancet 1 (7396):1131-3, 1965 With R. Etcheverry & R. Nagel. Influence of migration on blood pressure of Easter Islanders. Lancet 1 (7335):697-9, 1964 Absence of essential hypertension. Lancet 278 (7214):1255, 1961 Environmental influences and arterial blood pressure. Lancet 2 (7156):885-6, 1960 The nature of hypertension. Lancet 275 (7134):1128, 1960 The nature of essential hypertension. Lancet 274 (7107):853, 1959 Diastolic pressure and malignant hypertension. Lancet 272 (7049):752-3, 1958 With M. Plaza de los Reyes, R. Orozco, I. Matus & A. Cristofanini. Influenzal pneumonia treated with cortisone and antibiotics. Lancet 270:7000-5, 1957