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.
Francisco Alzola
Francisco Alzola Victorero, Cuban agronomist (fl.1940-57) DEVELOPED A new process of continuous alcoholic fermentation (1940-1) A continuous alcoholic fermentation process with an unique tower-shaped dorn (1945) Un proceso para agitar mostos en fermentación (1945) PATENTS Equipment and procedure of carrying out continuous fermentations or System of continuous fermentation US 2,371, 208 (1945) Apparatus for continuous fermentation US2450218A (1946) Vinegar Jupiter (1947) Aparato para la aplicación eficiente de abono (1956)
Floriano Paulo de Almeida
Floriano Paulo de Almeida, Brazilian medical mycologist (São Paulo 25 January 1898 – Taubaté, São Paulo State 10 July 1977) ACHIEVEMENTS With E. Souza Campos distinguished North American blastomycosis from South American blastomycosis know as Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease (1927) With C.S. Lacaz first to isolate Histoplasma capsulatum (1939) With C.S. Lacaz obtained antigen paracoccidiodin for skin test of South American blastomycosis (1941) With C.S. Lacaz, S. Sampaio & J.C. Fernandes presented the first report about cat to man transmission of sporotrichosis (1955) Developed Almeida-Silva Lacaz yeast sporulation medium With Barros developed method for genetic determination of levuliform fungi With C. S. Lacaz. Nova técnica para demonstração rápida dos ascoporos. Folia Clin. Biol. 12(4), 1940 With M. Fernandes. Nova técnica para o isolamento rápido do Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. An. Fac. Med. Univ. S. Paulo 20:155-7, 1944 DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Genus Paracoccidioides 1930 etiologic agent of South American blastomycosis Species Fonsecaea monophora with Moore Geotrichum virulens 1940 with Lacaz Streptomyces paraguayensis (1940)
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida, Brazilian geologist (Rio de Janeiro 18 February 1916 – São Paulo 02 August 2013) Authored over 250 works ACHIEVEMENTS Described first Pre-Cambrian fossils in South America Collenia itapevensis (1944) Defined South American platform (1969) Described the first moutonnée rock with presence of striated surface A rocha “moutonée” de Salto, Estado de São Paulo. Bol. Geol. Mineral. 5:112-8, 1948 Co-authored a paper with great repercussion that confirmed the geochronological correlation between Brazil and Africa continent With P.M. Hurley, G.C. Melcher, U.G. Cordani, J.R. Rand, K. Kawashita, P. Vandoros, W.H. Pinson & H.W. Fairbarn. Test of continental drift by means of radiometric ages. Science 157 (3788):495-500, 1967 DESCRIBED (Fossil Crustacea) 1950 GENERA Acantholeaia Candonopsis Pachecoia Species Acantholeaia regoi Palaeolimnadia petrii Cyzicus (Lioestheria) mendesi Cyzicus (Lioestheria) barbosai Pachecoia acuminata Pachecoia rodriguesi Candonopsis pyriformis MEMBERSHIP/HONORS Correspondent fellow, Societé Geologique de France Vice-President, International Union of Geological Sciences (1980-4) Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who (1971-2) Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Alberta (1991) Genus Fernandoalmeidium Novozhilov 1961 (Fossil Crustacea) Almeidaite Menezes Filho, Chukanov, Rastsvetaeva, Aksenov et al. 2013 (Mineral)
Fernando Arens Jr.
Frederico Guilherme Fernando Arens Jr., Brazilian civil and industrial engineer (Campinas, São Paulo State 18 April 1880 – São Paulo 05 September 1942) From German ancestry Possibly he was the First to apply the hydraulic fill in the world (1914) Developed a drying process for bananas (Banana Passa later renamed Banana Flakes) in 1932 Method of casting pipes employing centrifugal process (1913) Invented and patented the production of cast-iron tubes by centrifugation (1915) with D. Sensaud de Lavaud; it is known in most countries as De Lavaud process PATENTS Brazilian Novo descascador cônico com chapas de diamante (1905) with his Father Aperfeiçoamentos em ventiladores para café e outros grãos (1905) with his Father Novo descascador com chapas de diamantes nº4520 (1906) with his father Aperfeiçoamentos em descascadores para café e outros grãos nº4527 (1906) with his Father Processo para fabricação do oxigênio e azoto líquido (1906) With D. Sensaud de Lavaud. Aperfeiçoamentos em machinas de fundir tubos por força centrífuga (1916) Um novo processo e dispositivo que lhe são inerentes para moldar pela força centrífuga, telhas ou outros objectos semelhantes com material plástico (1927) Um processo e dispositivo que lhe são inerentes para fundição de projeteis de engenharia pela força centrífuga (1927) Um novo processo de evaporação para fabricação de sais nº17129 (1928) Um novo processo e dispositivo para a fabricação de tubos pela fusão em coquilha rotativa nº18032 (1929) Foreign Improvements in dirigible balloons GB190922268A (1909) Airship hangar arranged on a turnable AT59118B (1911) Rotating hangar for balloons FR437413A (1911) Improvements relating to a turnable hangar for airships GB191127556A (1911) With D. Sensaud de Lavaud. Machine for molding metallic tubes by centrifugal force USPTO 1,199,353 A (1915) With D. Sensaud de Lavaud. Perfectionnement en des machines a mouler des tubes metalliques per la force centrifuge nº151077 (1915) With D. Sensaud de Lavaud. Mould for metal tubes. CA 174071A (1915) With D. Sensaud de Lavaud. Improvements to machines for molding metal tubes by centrifugal force FR480065 A (1915) & AU39816 A (1915) With D. Sensaud de Lavaud. Improvements in machines for casting metallic tubes GB 191514936 A (1915) Improvements in machines for molding metal tubes by centrifugal force ES61021A1 (1915) With D. Sensaud de Lavaud. Casting machine CA 180150 A (1917) With D. Sensaud de Lavaud. Canadian patent 278,757 (1917) Process for the production of metal tubes with inner lining CH100747A (1920) Procedure for preparing metal tubes ES80189A1 (1921) Process for lining metal tubes, pipes and the like GB173498A (1921) Process for the production of hollow bodies, in particular conical tubes AT106616B (1921) Improvements in and relating to conical composite masts GB189094A (1921) Lining metal tubes, pipes, and the like US 1,431,716 (1922) Machine for the production of tubes and the like by centrifugal casting CH100746A (1922) & AT106727B (1922) Machine for the production of pipes and the like by centrifugal casting DE392403C (1922) Improvements in and relating to machines for casting tubes and the like GB195099A (1922) Method and device for the production of tubes by centrifugal casting AT103512B (1923) Una máquina para fabricación de tubos, etc. por medio de fundición centrifuga (1923) n º 22863 (Mexico) A machine for the manufacture of cast pipes and the like by centrifugal force ES84793A1 (1923) & ES94734A2 (1925) Machine for the manufacture of piping and the like by centrifugal casting nº628,141 (1923) Canadá Canadian patent 278,830 (1923) Process for the production of metal tubes by centrifugal casting CH107425A (1923) Centrifugal casting mold consisting of concentric tubes DE420039C (1923) Machine for manufacture of píping and the like by centrifugal castings US1,469,242 (1923) Method of and apparatus for centrifugal casting US1,549,124 A (1923) Casting mold for the productionof tubes by centrifugal casting and process for their production CH109338A (1924) Method and device for introducing liquid metal into the rotating casting mold during the production of tubes and the like by the centrifugal method CH109930A (1924) Process for the production of tubes by centrifugal casting AT107028B (1924) & DE415801C (1924) Improvements in or relating to centrifugal molds for the manufacture of hollow metal castings GB225818A (1924) Improvements in or relating to centrifugal casting moulds GB231122A (1924) Improvements relating to centrifugal casting GB233650A (1924) Manufacture of piping and the like by centrifugal casting CA256657A (1925) Casting chute supported at more than one point in centrifugal casting DE418340C (1925) Divided tippings through for centrifugal casting DE419384C (1925) Installation for the introduction of liquid metal into the rotating casting mold in the manufacture of tubes and the like according to the centrifugal process ES92562A1 (1925) Apparatus for the manufacture of tubes by means of centrifugal casting ES92615A1 (1925) Improved mode of supporting pouring devices for centrifugal casting GB248000A (1925) Support mechanism for the casting channel centrifugal casting with relative movement between the mold and the casting channel while the casting is being poured ES96998A1 (1926) Processo i dispositivo per la fabbricazione dei tubi mediante fusione in conchiglia rotante. Nº 238317 (1926) Italy Method of and apparatus for centrifugal casting US1,549,124 (1925) & US1,573,089 (1926) Slow casting method using a suitable mold ES96892A1 (1926) Device for the production of metal tubes and other hollow bodies made of metal using the centrifugal method CH131151A (1927) Machine for the manufacture of tubes and other similar parts by the centrifugal method ES110728A1 (1928) Improvements in casting moulds for centrifugal metal casting GB304456A (1928) Macchina per la fabbricazione di tubi i simili mediante getto centrifugato nº218851 (1938) Italy With his brothers engineers João Antonio Henrique Arens (Rio de Janeiro 1847 – Rio de Janeiro 13 August 1922) and Carlos Augusto Guilherme Arens (Rio de Janeiro c. 1852 – Rio de Janeiro 25 October 1899) As Irmãos Arens Um descascador de café (1879) Segadeira dinâmica para capinar cafezais (1882) with Lauriano Rodrigues de Andrade Ventilador e catador de café, denominada Catador Inclinado (1882) Ventilador duplo para café (1882) Descascador de café (1882) Catador pneumático para café (1882) Teclado para despolpadores para café (1882) Máquina de beneficiar café denominada Máquina Progresso (1885) Ventiladores para café ou cereais (1885) Novo separador de café (1887)
Fernando Altamirano
Fernando Guilebaldo Isabel Juan Jose María de Jesus Altamirano Carbajal, Mexican physician and naturalist (Aculco, Mexico State 07 July 1848 – Ciudad de Mexico 07 October 1908) A cousin of botanist Manuel Urbina Authored over 250 scientific works mainly on physiology and pharmacology of Mexican plants A botanical collector discovered new plant species described by other botanists Discovered Ambystoma altamirani, a new axolotl species (1895) With F. Domínguez showed the paralyzing properties of seeds extracts from Erythrina species (1857) and discovered the curarizing action of Erythrina americana in Gaceta Med. Mex. 12:77-91, (1877) Introduced the use of following species in economic botany or medicine: candelilla (wax producer), Parthenium argentatum (rubber producer), Lupinus montanus (cardiac tonic), Cladonia vermicularis (antimalarial) and pipitzahoic acid as an alternative to Rhamnus purshiana ISOLATED (may not be complete) Caleandreine from Calliandra grandiflora glycoside Casimirose from Casimiroa edulis (1898) glycoside Lennesin from Calea zacatechichi glycoside Coralloidin (alkaloid) from Erythrina coralloides Erythroidine (alkaloid) from Erythrina Plumbagin from Plumbago pulchella (crystalline principle)