Mohammad Abdullah
Mohammad Abdullah, Pakistani entomologist (Allahabad, British India 08 July 1938 – DESCRIBED NEW COLEOPTERA GENERA Abdullahia 1968 (in honor to his wife Abida Abdullah) Abdullahius 1968 with Qureshi (in honor to his daughter Shameema) Anwarullahia 1969 with Qureshi Archescraptia 1964 Ashrafia 1968 with Qureshi Crichtonia 1967 with Abdullah Crowsonium 1964 Duboisius 1961 Entomophaga 1974 Hameedia 1968 with Qadri Macdonaldium 1967 with Abdullah Neoatysa 1968 with Qureshi Neobledius 1968 with Qureshi Neoclitena 1968 with Qureshi Neoeurygenius 1963 Neolycaria 1969 with Qureshi Neopedilus 1969 Neoplatystethus 1970 with Qadri Neopolypria 1964 Neopotanina 1969 with Qureshi Neopyctocraerus 1970 with Qadri Neosastra 1968 with Qureshi Neostereopalpus 1967 Palaeosemum 1967 Palaeolobrathium 1968 with Abdullah Palaeopyrochroa 1965 Palaeoscraptia 1964 Protomacratria 1964 Protomeloe 1965 Pseubobactrocerus 1963 Pseudoplatystethus 1970 with Qadri Pseudopyctocreerus 1970 with Qadri Pseudostereopalpus 1965 Qadrius 1964 Rilettius 1964 Salimuzzamania 1968
Moacyr Eyck Alvaro
Moacyr Eyck Alvaro Marques da Silva da Cunha e Fernandes, Brazilian ophthalmologist (Santos, São Paulo State 12 August 1899 – São Paulo 19 July 1959) Presented possibly the first case of transitory tremulous lens in literature (1937) TECHNIQUES Developed Moacyr Alvaro technique or operation for correcting vertical and horizontal declinations in ocular muscles insertions Described the correction of hypertropia by vertical displacement of horizontal rectus muscles of the same eye and the first to suggest transposition of both horizontal rectus muscles for hypertropia Simultaneous surgical correction of vertical and horizontal deviations. Ophthalm. 120:191-7, 1950 Novo método de enucleação permitindo perfeita movimentação da prótese (A new enucleation method that permits perfect prosthesis motion) Novo método de ciclopegia para a graduação de óculos. Bol. Soc. Med. Cir. São Paulo 23(2):46-51, 1939 With C. Rezende. A operação de Kuhnt-Szymanosky modificada (1932) DEVICES Apparatus for measuring the angle gamma. Trans. Amer. Acad. Ophthal. Oto-laryng. 46:141-3, 1946 Apparelho para medição do ângulo formado pelo eixo óptico com o eixo visual. Arq. Bras. Oftalm. 6:12-8, 1943 Invented double chair for physician and patient A necrology is available in http://archopht.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/63/1/157.pdf
Moacyr Alvarenga
Moacyr Alvarenga, Brazilian military and entomologist (Campos, Rio de Janeiro State 10 August 1914 – 20 July 2010) GENERA DESCRIBED Specialist in Erotylidae family (Coleoptera) Apolybas 1965 Micrischyrus 1965 Neacronotus 1965 Nebarytopus 1965 Neoogaster 1965 Neopriotelus 1965 Tritomapara 1970 Kakoia 1971 Neomorphoides 1977 Lycocephala 1986 (with Martínez) EPONYMY Alvarenga Carrera 1962 (Diptera) Alvarenganiella Viana & Martínez 1971(Coleoptera) Alvarengius Frey 1975 (Coleoptera) Alvarengaia Rocha e Silva & de Aguiar 1977 (Orthoptera) Alvarengamiris Carvalho 1991 (Hemiptera) Besourenga Vaz de Mello 2008 (Coleoptera) Moaciria Freitas 1956 (Nematoda) More than one hundred new insect species named after him.
Misael Acosta Solís
Misael Acosta Solís, Ecuadorian botanist, forester, ecologist and plant collector (Ambato 16 December 1910 – Quito 16 April 1994) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Articles Botanica de las Cinchonas. Flora (Quito): 29-55, 1945 Habitat y distribución de las Cinchonas en el Ecuador. Flora (Quito): 8-19, 1945 Tagua or vegetable ivory- a forest product of Ecuador. Economic Botany 2:46-57, 1948. Primera lista numerada de las maderas y leñosas del Ecuador colectadas por el prof.dr. M. Acosta Solis. Flora (Quito) 7(17-20):7-77, 1950 Galápagos observado fitologicamente. Anales Univ. Central. 302, 1961 Palmas Economicas del Noroccidente Ecuatoriano. Natyuraleza Ecuatoriana 1(2): 80-163, 1971 Plantas indigenas para forrajicultura tropandina. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Ciencias Exactas 15(56):57-97, 1980 Books La Forestación artificial en el Ecuador central. Editora Quito, 1954. El Noroccidente Ecuatoriano. Inst. Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, 1959 Los Manglares del Ecuador. Inst. Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, 1959. Maderas economicas del Ecuador y sus usos. Editorial Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1960. Los bosques del Ecuador y sus productos. Editorial Ecuador, 1961. Divisiones fitogeograficas y formaciones geobotanicas del Ecuador. Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1968. Naturalistas y viajeros cientificos que han contribuido al conocimiento floristico y fitogeografico del Ecuador. Publicaciones Cientificas MAS, 1968. Lucha contra la sequía y la erosión en la Mitad del Mundo. Boletín de Informaciones Cientificas Nacionales, 1971. Los Paramos andinos del Ecuador. Publicaciones Cientificas MAS, 1984. Vademecum de plantas medicinales del Ecuador. Abya-Yala & Fundación Ecuatoriana de Ciencias Sociales, 1992. Plantas medicinales del Folclore ecuatoriano. Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1993. HONORS Acostia Swallen (Poaceae)
Miguel Osorio de Almeida
Miguel Osorio (Ozorio) de Almeida, Brazilian physiologist and biomathematician (Rio de Janeiro 01 August 1890 – Rio de Janeiro 02 December 1953) Brother of physiologist Alvaro Osorio de Almeida Authored about 250 works ACHIEVEMENTS Proposed a modified least squares method Formulated mathematical and physical-chemical theories of electric excitation (1944) Formulated mathematical theory of cineradiotherapy (1937) Demonstrated definitely the existence of transversal excitation of nerves Sur l’ excitation transversal des nerfs. C.R. Soc. Biol. CVIII: 1092, 1931 Developed a power theory of muscular work A lei da conservação da energia e a theoria energética do trabalho muscular (1916) Showed the variations of maximal contraction height in function of excitant current Introduced the concept of an excitation state that can be expressed as greatness in electrophysiology Sur la theorie de l’excitation electrique des nerfs et des muscles. Ann. Physiol. Physic. Biol. 3:129-279, 1927 Demonstrated the existence of secondary tetanus and a new index of muscle fatigue Discovered nicotinic apnea (1919) Sobre a apnea produzida pela injeção intravenosa de nicotina. Rev. Soc. Bras. Cien. (1918) L’ apnée nicotinique. J. Phys. Pathol. Gen. 28:744-52, 1919 Established relations about chemical regulation of breathing and dead space variations (1921) Established principles for determination of breathing centers excitability Established the existence of a latent stage in synkinesias Sur la periode latente des mouvements associés. Revue Neurol. 28:1193-9, 1921 Demonstrated new respiratory reflexes Proposed a mathematical theory for breathing regulation and gave laws for pulmonary ventilation Demonstrated the distraction of arterial and venous waves in single ventricle of toad heart Showed the richness of carbon dioxide of the air in the marsupium of Marsupialia Demonstrated the existence of a nervous tonus not only for maintenance of general activity of nervous system but beyond for activity of each respiratory center Demonstrated the contribution of cutaneous excitations in the maintenance of tonus muscle reflex Discovered cryoepilepsy, a phenomenon characterized by convulsive muscle seizures due to brain medulla cooling Sur une attaque epileptiforme produite par le refroidissement brusque de la moelle de la Grenouille. CXV:78, 1934 Performed important studies on chronaxy and suggested a new mathematical theory for it (1925) With Pieron described rabbit spinal contracture (1924) METHODS Methods for determination of components of alveolar air in human and animals Original technique for studying in isolation rotatory excitation effects of each semicircular ducts A technique for double and simultaneous excitation of nervous cells Sobre a excitação dupla dos nervos. Arch. Bras. Med. 3:313, 1913 A general method for obtaining chronic dilation of dogs esophagi Sobre a technica de estudo da apnea. Brasil Med. (1914) Sobre os princípios para um novo methodo de determinação da tensão de CO2 no ar alveolar. Bras. Med. 30:203-4, 1915 Sobre a lei que rege as relações de CO2 no ar inspirado e no ar expirado. Rev. Soc. Bras. Cien. (1917) With Couto e Silva. Technique pour l’etude des excitations rythmées des pneumogastriques. C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris 94:513-5, 1926 With A. Rocha e Silva. Methode pour la determination de la composition de l’air alveólaire chez le chien. C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris 99:1658-60, 1928 Principes pour une méthode de mesure de la fatigue dans le travail. C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris 109:1164-6, 1931 With H. Moussatché & M. Vianna Dias. Sur le refroidissement brusque de la moelle épiniere par l’action du chlorure d’ethyle et son utilization comme technique de l’etude de l’attaque epileptiforme (1938) With M. Vianna Dias & H. Moussatché. Sobre o método de estudo dos reflexos labirínticos da rã. Bras. Med. 53:643-6, 1939 With H. Moussatché & M. Vianna Dias. Recherches sur l’attaque epileptiforme produite par le refroidissement brusque de la moelle épiniere. Premier mémoire. Introduction et technique. Rev. Bras. Biol. 1:165-77, 1941 Experiences sur l’execution et la coordination des mouvements dans les reflexes cutanées de la Grenouille. C.R. Soc. Biol. CIX: 452, 1932 Sur une preparation contenant le systeme nerveux integral de la Grenouille. C.R. Soc. Biol. CXIII: 1935 HONORS Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Paris, Université de Lyon, Université de Argel Honorary Professor, Faculté des Sciences de Paris Honorary Member, Académie Nationale de Médecine, France (1945) Member, Composition Bureau of Tables Annuelles Internationales de Constantes et Données Numeriques Genus Osoriella Mello Leitão 1922 (Arachnida) Prix Sicard, Faculté de Medecine de Paris (1935) for his work on the theory of excitation DID YOU KNOW? Famous French scientists like Gley, Lapicque, Pieron, Laugier, Hadamard, Langevin, Marie and Irine Curie beyond Albert Einstein visited his laboratory Participated in the creation of UNESCO (1946) LINKS http://www.dichistoriasaude.coc.fiocruz.br/iah/pt/verbetes/almmigoz.htm (in Portuguese; bibliography) BIBLIOGRAPHY A complete bio-bibliography is available in Revista Bras. Biol. 14(1):1-24, 1954
Miguel Arrojado Ribeiro Lisboa
Miguel Arrojado Ribeiro Lisboa, Brazilian engineer, geologist and geographer (Rio de Janeiro 18 August 1872 – Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro State 28 July 1932) Gained international renown for his studies about manganese and monazitic sands SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With P.F. Kerr & A.I. Erichsen. Nota de campo sobre a ocorrência de diamante no distrito de Diamantina. Min. Metal. 32:54-63, 1941 O problema das secas (1940) A Bacia do Gurupi e suas minas de ouro (1935) Preliminary report of the manganese ore-deposit of Urucum (1918) Relatório preliminar sobre as jazidas de minérios de manganês e ferro de Urucum (1918) Permian geology of Northern Brazil. Am. J. Science 37(221):425-43,1914 Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil. Comissão E. Schnoor. Oeste de São Paulo, sul de Mato-Grosso, geologia, indústria mineral, clima, vegetação, solo agrícola, indústria pastoril (1909) Report on the manganese ore deposit of Morro da Mina, Lafayette, Queluz, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Brazil. Engin. Mining Review 3:83-8 & 97-111, 1907 The occurrence of facetted pebbles on the Central Plateau of Brazil. Am. J. Sci. 23(4):9-19, 1907 Ocorrência de seixos facetados no planalto central brasileiro. Ann.Esc. Minas Ouro Preto 8:21-40, 1906 Ocorrências e evolução das theorias relativas a genesis dos seixos facetados. Ann. Esc. Minas Ouro Preto 8:45-74, 1906 As areias monazíticas. Ann. Esc. Minas Ouro Preto 6:105-23, 1903 Les manganéses du Bresil. Rev. Univ. Minas 44(3):1-22, 1898 O manganez no Brasil: contribuição ao estudo das jazidas (1898) Proposição relativa à exploração de uma jazida de manganês em Mato Grosso HONORS Arrojadoa Britton & Rose 1920 (Cactaceae) Arrojadocharis Mattfeld 1930 (Asteraceae) Arrojadite Guimarães 1925 (Mineral)