Francisco João de Azevedo Jr.
Francisco João de Azevedo Jr., Brazilian inventor (João Pessoa 04 March 1814 – João Pessoa 26 July 1880) INVENTIONS Engraving system on iron An Ellipsograph (1866) Wind propelled Land vehicle Machine to benefit from sea waves and apply to ship’s motion (1875) Type writing machine (1861) A more efficient mill for sugarcane
Francisco Freire Allemão
Francisco Freire Allemão e Cisneiros, Brazilian botanist (Rio de Janeiro 24 June 1797 – Rio de Janeiro 11 November 1874) Performed studies on plant phytography, histology and physiology Authored 104 works DESCRIBED PLANT TAXA Valid Genera Andradaea 1845 (Nyctaginaceae) Geissospermum 1846 (Apocynaceae) Hyeronima 1848 (Euphorbiaceae) Myracrodruon 1862 (Anacardiaceae) with M. Allemão Myrocarpus 1847 (Fabaceae) Ophthalmoblapton 1849 (Euphorbiaceae) Vicentia 1844 (Combretaceae) Species Acacia viarum Amburana cearensis Andradaea floribunda 1845 Arariba rubescens Aspidosperma eburneum Basiloxylon brasiliensis Brosimum luteum Chrysophyllum arenarium Cordia oncocalyx Drypetes sessiliflora Echyrospermum balthazarii 1858 Geissospermum vellosii Hyeronima alchornioides Hymenorea mirabilis Jussiaea fluctuans 1862 with M. Allemão Lucuma meruocana Lucuma montana Luetzelburgia auriculata Machaerium scleroxylum Manilkara elata Manilkara triflora Mezilaurus navalium Moldenhawera speciosa 1852 Myracrodruon urundeuva Myrocarpus fastigiatus Myrocarpus frondosus Myrospermum erythroxylum 1851 Ophthalmoblapton macrophyllum 1849 Simira viridiflora Stadmannia depressa Swartzia pulcherrima Tecoma leucantha Terminalia tingens Vatairea heteroptera Vicentia acuminata
Francisco Ferreira de Abreu
Francisco Ferreira de Abreu, baron of Teresópolis, Brazilian physician and chemist (Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul 18 November 1823 – Paris, France 14 July 1885) ACHIEVEMENTS -Modified the Marsh apparatus for metallic poisons. -Generalized the Duflos-Millon process for all metallic poisons. -Methode pour rechercher par une seule operation l’arsenic, l’antimoine, le mercure, le cuivre, le plomb, le zinc et l’argent. Journal de Chimique Medicale, Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, 1848. (Method for research in one only step the arsenic, antimony, mercury, copper, lead, zinc and silver). -New process for researches about main metallic poisons. (Novo processo para a pesquiza dos principais venenos metálicos: memória apresentada a Academia de Sciencias, Rio de Janeiro (1878). -Elaborated a new process for embalming SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Discriminação geral dos corpos orgânicos (1845) De la recherche des principaux poisons metalliques. Doctoral Thesis (1849) Breves considerações sobre as inspirações de eter sulfúrico consideradas como meio capaz de servir a suspender a susceptibilidade dos enfermos operados. Arq. Med. Bras. 3-4, 1851 Inspiração do éter sulfúrico na cirurgia como anestésico. Mem. Acad. Imp. Med. Anais Brasil. 20 (1852) De l’antagonisme de la morphine et des alcaloides des solanées vireuses. J. Hyg. (1882) HONOURS His name was inscribed in Tableau de Savant ètrangers from Faculté des Sciences at Paris, being the first Brazilian to receive such a distinction.
Francisco de Albear y Fernandez de Lara
Francisco José Higino de Jesus de Albear y Fernandez de Lara, Cuban civil engineer (La Habana 11 January 1816 – La Habana 22 October 1887) Designed and build the Habana aqueduct that earned him international recognition HONORS Award in Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia (1876) Gold Medal, Exposition Universelle de Paris (1878)
Francisco C. Arrillaga
Francisco Cirilo Arrillaga Segurola, Argentine physician (Tandil, Buenos Aires 09 January 1886 – Mar del Plata 21 September 1950) Described Ayerza-Arrillaga disease Esclerosis secundaria de la arteria pulmonar y su cuadro clinico (cardiacos negros). Thesis. Buenos Aires, 1912. Arrillaga-Taquini sign With A. Taquini. La cyanose des compressions du mediastin. Comp. Rend. Soc. Biol. CXVII:1238-9, 1934 Proposed universal thoracic heartbeat (Arrillaga-Davobe sign) as a diagnostic way of retro cardiac aorta aneurisms With A.C. Taquini. Battement thoracique universal: nouvel element de diagnostic pour les anévrismes de l’aorte retrocardiaque (1933) Arrillaga-Dabove sign (described in 1931) With Julio C. Dabove. Latido toracico universal en los aneurismas de la aorta posterior, 1934
Francisco Amendola
Francisco Amendola, Brazilian ophthalmologist (Campinas, São Paulo State 03 October 1897 – 29 December 1963) Described Amendola’s syndrome, a variant of foliaceous pemphigus (1947) Noticed the iris presenting a bloody spongiform in foliaceous pemphigus or Amendola sign SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Considerações sobre o tratamento das complicações oculares na lepra. Rev. Leprol. São Paulo (Spec. Number) 108-114, 1935. Contribuição a therapeutica das affeções oculares lepróticas. Rev.Bras. Leprol. 6:233, 1937-8. Catarata no penfigo foliaceo. (Nota prévia). Rev. Paul. Med. 26:286, 1945. Glândula lacrimal na lepra ocular. Rev.Bras. Leprol. XIII, 1945. Ocular manifestations of pemphigus foliaceous. American Journal Ophthal. 32:35-44, 1949. Estado Atual da Lepra Ocular. Arch.Bras. Oftalmol. 17:1, 1954. Ocular and otorhinolarynological leprosy before and since sulfone therapy. Internat.J. Leprosy 23:280-3, 1956. Manifestações bolbosas oculares. Ophthalm. Ibero-Americana 22:44-113, 1961 (Separata) Penfigo ocular e penfigóide ocular. Arch. Bras.Oftalmol 26:29-93, 1963.