Jorge Aceves Ruiz
Jorge Aceves Ruiz, Mexican neuropharmacologist (Tapachula, Chiapas State 12 November 1929 – Authored over 66 papers (until 2009) Performed contributions to knowledge of Parkinson disease physiological pathology developing a number of experimental models Authored classical papers on pharmacology of dopamine action Developed a technique for studying dopamine action at the level of nervous terminals employing radioactivity Demonstrated the adrenergic action on cardiac tissues through the opening of calcium channels in Nature 215, 1967
Jorge Abulafia
Jorge Abulafia Bendjuya, Argentine dermatologist (Zarate 06 January 1921 – Buenos Aires 07 May 2006) Internationally respected as a great name in dermatopathology Authored 210 works and 7 books With R. Vignale, J. Araujo & G. Pascal et al described histologic and immunohistochemical features of Van der Woude syndrome (1998) With C.A. Kaminsky, A.R. de Kaminsky & S.E. Costantini presented possibly the first report of an eosinophilic panniculitis due to gnathostomiasis (1989) With D. Grinspan & A.L. Reis named facial midline malignant syndrome (1988) With A.M. Casalá, A.M. Kowalczuk, C.A. Bianchi & O. Bianchi described the unilateral multiple perifolicular fibromes and its histogenesis (1983) Concluded that lichenoid hystic reaction presents a histopathologic mechanism that occurs in a wide group of dermatosis and tumours (1983) With J.J. Guido, O. Gennaro, R.O. Landoni & R. Berdichesky authored Benign strophic papulitis: a new non-fatal cutaneous-intestinal syndrome (1968)
Joaquín María Albarrán y Domínguez
Joaquín María Albarrán y Domínguez, Cuban-born French urologist (Sagua, La Grande 09 May 1860 – Paris 17 January 1912) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored more than 317 publications First to perform surgical retreat of kidney and prostate First to insert urethral catheter on a bougie at the renal pelvis level First performed planned nephrostomy First to perform uretherolithotomy First to note the importance of nephrostomy drainage in calculous annuria First diagnosed cellular carcinoma in transition of renal pelvis (1903) Created renal functional exploration Described an oral hydraulic test for detecting tubular epithelial injury Proposed early nephrectomy as treatment of unilateral renal tuberculosis (1897) Described Escherichia coli as causating agent of collibaciluria or Albarrán’s disease (with Halle) Observed Albarrán’s sign (urethral hemorrhage) in the presence of renal pelvic cancer (1903) Presented a new classification system of bladder tumours Clarified entero-renal septic view Simplified urether catheterization Developed perineal operation Developed sterilizer for decontamination of probes Developed vesical syringe and instillation syringe Added a ear-screw to Nitze cystoscope for declining catheter (1896) Designed catgut knitting for renal rupture Designed metallic valves for prostatectomy Designed a cystoscope for urethral catheterization (with Guyon) (1897) Conceived moving claw for cystoscope (1897) Vesical phantom for urethral catheterism A number of urethral probes Descripcion anatomica nueva: demonstração de la marcha que siguen los microbios para producirla Un nouvelle varieté d’incontinence d’urine EPONYMY Albarrán urethrotrome Albarrán test for detecting renal insufficiency investigating polyuria Albarrán gland or medial lobe of prostate or Home lobe Albarrán-Motz glands or sub cervical glands of urethra Albarrán tubules Albarrán onglet Albarrán operation Albarrán-Proust operation Albarrán-Ormond syndrome Desnos-Albarrán urethrotrome Albarrán catheter Albarrán lever Albarrán-Guyon method Albarran-Guyon law “the sickest kidney is the most constant under experimental polyuria” (1906) Albarrán curvo-linear incision Albarrán forceps Albarrán point Albarrán clamp Albarrán nail Israel-Albarrán incision Albarrán cystoscope Albarrán-Bazy costal point Albarrán-Israel essential hematuria Albarrán-Herz Boyer method or test for studying blood in urine Albarrán radiated nephritis or pyonephritis Albarrán experimental polyuria Albarrán ilio pelvic pathway Albarrán-Marion nephropexy Albarrán-Surraco pyelotomy OTHERS President, First International Congress of Urology 1908 Medicine and Physiology Nobel Prize nominee 1912
Joaquín Argonz
Joaquín Argonz Robecchi, Argentine clinician and gynecologist (Rosario, santa Fé Province 22 November 1898 – 1971) From Spanish father and Italian mother He was governor of Santa Fé Province (1941-43) ACHIEVEMENTS Introduced vitamin A in treatment of premenstrual tension. With Carlos Abinzano. Premenstrual tension treated with vitamin A. J. Clin. Endocrinol. 10:1579-90, 1950. Described new syndromes. With E.B. del Castilo. A syndrome characterized by estrogenic insufficiency, galactorrhea and decreased urinary gonadotropin. J. Clin. Endocrinol. 13:79-87, 1953. Found the changes observed in smears of the urinary sediment closely parallel those seen in vaginal smears With E. B. del Castillo & C. Galli-Mainini. Cytological cycle of the urinary sediment and its parallelism with the vaginal cycle. J. Clin. Endocrin. 8:76, 1948 With E. B. del Castillo & C. Galli-Mainini. Smear from the female urethra and their relationship to smears of the urinary sediment. J. Clin. Endocrin. 8:1362, 1949 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With E.B. del Castillo. Semiologia de las glandulas de secreción interna:sistema nervoso de la vida vegetativa. El Ateneo. Buenos Aires, 1939.
Jean Prosper Abraham
Jean Prosper Abraham, Malagasy forester, ecologist and botanical collector (Antsahanoro, Antalaha 01 January 1930 – Périnet May 1996) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J.U. Ganzhorn, S. Sommer, M. Ade et al. Mammals of the Kirindy Forest with special emphasis on Hypogeophis antimena and the effects of logging on the small mammal fauna. Primate Report 46(1):215-32, 1996 With R. Benja, M. Randrianasolo. J.U. Ganzhorn, V.Jeannoda & E.G. Leigh. Tree diversity on small plots in Madagascar: a preliminary review. Revue d’Ecologie (La Terre et la vie) 51:93-116, 1996 Guide pour la reconnaissance de quelques espéces d’arbres de la réserve à Indri d’Analamazoatra-Andasibe (1996) With J.U. Ganzhorn. A possible role of plantations for Lemur conservation in Madagascar. Food for folivorous species. Folia primatol. 56:171-6, 1991 With U. Schroff. Clef de determination de 56 essences ligneuses des fôrets denses seches de la côte ouest de Madagascar (1991) With J.U. Ganzhorn, A.W. Ganzhorn, L. Andiamanarivo & A. Ramananjatovo. The impact of selective logging on forest structure and tenrec populations in western Madagascar. Oecologhia 84:126-33, 1990 With J.U. Ganzhorn & M. Razanahoera-Rakotomalala. Some aspects of the natural history and food selection of Avahi laniger. Primates 26:452-63, 1985 HONORS Abrahamia Randrianasolo & Louis (Anacardiaceae)
Javier Arías Stella
Javier Arías-Stella, Peruvian pathologist (Lima 02 August 1924 – Lima 25 February 2020) Authored over 150 publications on general, surgical and gynecological pathology and on the biology and pathology at high altitudes Described Arias Stella phenomenon, reaction or effect and Arias Stella cells Atypical changes associated with the presence of chorionic tissue. Arch. Pathol. 58:112-8, 1954 With Dante Peñaloza presented the concept that sustained hypoxia could induce anatomic narrowing of the pulmonary arteries distinguishing from acute hypoxic vasoconstriction (1962)