Juan Luis Arentsen
Juan Luis Arentsen Sauer, Chilean ophthalmologist (Punta Arenas 14 July 1916 – Santiago 28 November 2004) From Norwegian father and Danish mother Authored 78 papers and 5 books With M. Durán. Nuevo modelo de contensor de ojos enucleados para estudios docentes y de investigación. Arch. Chil. Oftal. 31:23, 1974 With M. Durán. Stereotaxic device for experimental eye surgery. Invest. Ophthal. 15(1):34-6, 1976 Ptosis palpebral: nueva tecnica en la miectomia del musculo elevador del parpado (1951) Arentsen method (Dissolved penicillin into novocaine employed by local infiltration) Penicilina en solución de novocaína para el tratamiento de procesos inflamatorios. Nueva tecnica de aplicación
Juan de Acosta
Juan de Acosta, Cuban shipbuilder (died La Habana 1748) Regarded as one of the foremost Spanish shipbuilders of his day Built / headed the building of the most important ships of Spanish Navy (11) Proposed variations to ship models Introduced important innovations to production of boats
Juan Carlos Ahumada Sotomayor
Juan Carlos Ahumada Sotomayor, Argentine gynecologist (La Plata 17 April 1890 – Buenos Aires 29 May 1976) ACHIEVEMENTS Described Ahumada-del Castillo syndrome Ahumada, J.C., Del Castillo, E.B. Sobre un caso de galactorrea y amenorrea. Boletín de la Sociedad de Obst. y Ginecol. de Bs. Aires 11: 64-72, 1932.
João de Aguiar Pupo
João Bueno de Aguiar Pupo, Brazilian dermatologist (Itatiba, São Paulo State 12 May 1890 – São Paulo 23 August 1980) With E. Rabello identified lepromatous and tuberculoid polar-types First to prescribe penicillin for syphilis Introduced sodium arsenite in the treatment of leishmaniasis Introduced aminoarsenophenol (arsenical) in the treatment of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (1926) With L. Cunha Motta described blastomycotic paronychia (1936) Verified immunoallergic dissociation phenomenon Reported the occurrence of two kinds of multiform erythema in leprosy (papulous and nodous) in 1930 First to show the epidemiological importance of uncharacteristic forms of the leprosy (1940) EPONYMY Aguiar Pupo moriform ulcerous stomatitis, an anatomo-clinical manifestation of paracoccidioidomycosis Aguiar Pupo nodular or dermohypodermic lesion (1946) Aguiar Pupo method for treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis
José T. Acosta Jiménez
José T. Acosta Jiménez, Cuban zoologist (fl. 1939-1961) DESCRIBED FORAMINIFERA TAXA Species Acostata mariae 1940 Acostina pyramidale 1940 Ammobaculites exiguus 1940 Ammobaculites howelli 1940 Ammobaculites josephi 1940 Ammoscalaria morenoi 1940 Cassidulina palmerae 1940 with Bermudez Chrysalogonium brodermanni 1940 with Bermudez Chrysalogonium ritae 1940 Cystammina aguayoi 1940 with Bermudez Quinqueloculina torrei 1939 Stilostomella obsoleta 1940 Triloculina bermudezi 1940 Triloculina fiterrei 1940 Uvigerina bermudezi 1940 Subspecies/Varieties Triloculina fiterrei meningoi 1940 Karreriella subcylindrica var. caribae 1940 Gaudryina quadrangularis var. antillana with Bermudez SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Quinqueloculina torrei, un nuevo foraminifero de la costa de Cuba. Torreia 1(1-3). 1939 Triloculina eburnea d’Orbigny. Torreia [Havana] 2. 1-4. 1939. Nuevos foraminiferos de la costa sur de Cuba. Torreia 3(25-26).1940 Triloculina bermudezi, un nuevo foraminifero de las Islas Bahamas. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana d Historia Natural 14(1): 37-38. 1940 Algunos foraminiferos nuevos de las costas Cubanas. Torreia 5: 30-36. 1940 Nuevos foraminiferos de la costa sur de Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana d Historia Natural 14(4): 269-276. 1940 With P. J. Bermudez. (1940). Resultados de la primera expedicion en las Antillas del ketch Atlantis bajo los auspicios de las Universidades de Harvard y Habana, nuevas epecies de foraminiferos recientes. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 14(1): 55-58. With I. Pérez-Farfante and M. Alemany. Hallazgo de Trachypenaeus constrictus en el Golfo de Batabanó. Notas sobre investigaciones. Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras, La Habana 1: 1-6. 1960. HONORS (Foraminifera) Acostata Brönniman, Whittaker & Valleri 1992 Acostina Bermúdez 1949 Acostinella Sarkar & Gupta 2008 (Fossil)
José Martiniano de Azevedo Netto
José Martiniano de Azevedo Netto, Brazilian civil and sanitary engineer (Mococa, São Paulo State 21 October 1918 – São Paulo 26 June 1991) His Manual de Hidráulica (Handbook of Hydraulics) was translated into Russian language Proposed Brazilian or Azevedo Netto method for retention and distribution of stormy waters With Carlos A. Richter proposed a flocculation in porous media and in meshes or grids (1991) Derived a formula to compute maximum speed in hydraulic conduits Proposed a slow sand filter for domestic use With E.R. Yassuda & J.A. Martins headed the design and construction of Cantareira System, one of greatest systems of water supply and impounding in the world (1968-73)