Vicente Fernandez Rodriguez

Vicente Fernandez Rodríguez, Mexican chemist and inventor (Silao, Guanajuato State 05 April 1836 – 1901) With Navia discovered the mineral species guanajuatite (1873) described by del Castillo Discovered Fernandez reagent for studying glucose in urine With Navia discovered several chemical compounds Isolated an alkaloid named agavine or agavic acid from Agave sp. (1876) With Navia developed the alcoholic tincture of Guayacán resin as a reagent for recognizing manganese oxides, alkalis and alkaline carbonates (1886) INVENTIONS Short-range phone Microphone Solar powered apparatus for raising water from wells Sewing machine Pneumatic Clock Pluviograph 

Toshiyasu Fujioka

Toshiyasu Fujioka, Brazilian cardiologist (11 February 1923 – São Paulo 22 August 2001) With L.V. Decourt, J.V. Barbas, J.L. Faria, M.F. Lion & U. Andrade e Silva. Pulmonary schistosomotic arteriovenous fistulas producing a new cyanotic syndrome in Manson’schistosomiasis. Amer. Heart J. 58:556-67, 1959 With D.P. Garcia, R. Macruz & S.S. da Silva. New technique for catheterization of the ductus arteriosus. Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 24(4):71-6, 1971 With R. Macruz, L.V. Decourt et al. The costobronchogenic angle – a new method for the radiologic evaluation of volumetric changes in the left atrium. Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 28(5):523-35, 1975 Established an original mathematical correlation between the arterial pressure of arms and thigh enabling the computation of pressure in a segment With B. Tranchesi, M.F. Lion, J.T.A. Tartari, I. Nussenzveig & J. Tranchesi. Pressão arterial nos membros superiors e inferiores em 600 indivíduos normais. Rev. Hosp. Clin. 15:51-76, 1950

Teodoro Flores

Teodoro Flores de los Reyes, Mexican engineer and geologist (Ciudad de Mexico 08 April 1873 – 14 February 1955)  MEMBERSHIP/HONORS Vice President, XV International Geological Congress, Toronto, Canada (1913) Honorary Member, Geological Society of America Genus Floresomys Fries, Hibbard & Dunkle 1955 (Fossil Mammalia)

Te-pei Feng

Te-pei Feng, Chinese neurophysiologist  (Linhai County, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province 20 February 1907 – Shanghai 10 April 1995) Authored over 100 scientific papers Discovered the increase of the resting heat production of muscle on passive stretch known as Feng effect Effect of length on resting metabolism of muscle. J. Physiol. 74:441-54, 1932 Published important studies on neuromuscular junction that were internationally recognized  (1936-41) Discovered the phenomenon of postdenervation hypertrophy in the slow muscle fibers of the chick With H.W. Jung & W.Y. Wu. The contrast trophic changes of the anterior and posterior latissimus dorsi of the chick  following denervation. Acta Physiol. Sinica 25:304-11, 1962

Tarciso Filgueiras

Tarciso de Sousa Filgueiras, Brazilian botanist (Goiânia 03 February 1946 – Goiânia 18 May 2019) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Genera Altoparadisium 2001 with Davidse, Zuloaga & Morrone Cambajuva 2013 with Viana & Clark Canastra 2001 with Morrone, Zuloaga & Davidse Ophiochloa 1993 with Davidse & Zuloaga Rheochloa 1999 with Peterson & Herrera Section Paspalum sect. Biaristata 1994 with Davidse Species Allagoptera robusta 2015 with Martins Altoparadisium chapadense 2001 with Davidse, Zuloaga & Morrone Andropogon crispifolius 1995 with Guala Andropogon saxicola 2019 with Zanin, Viana & Welker Arthropogon bolivianus 1986 Arthropogon filifolius 1981 Arthropogon rupestris 1996 Atractantha shepherdiana 2011 with Santos Gonçalves & Clark Aulonemia cincta 2014 with Viana Aulonemia soderstromii 2014 with Viana & Judziewicz Aulonemia xerophylla 2013 with Viana & Judziewicz Canastra lanceolata 1982 Colanthelia kinoshitae 2018 with Santos Gonçalves & Clark Colanthelia secundiflora 2018 with Santos Gonçalves & Clark Colanthelia sparsiflora 2018 with Santos Gonçalves & Clark Echinolaena ecuadoriana 1994 Guadua magna 2006 with Londoño Isachne burchellii 2019 with Rodrigues Merostachys tratianae 2012 with Santos Gonçalves & Carvalho Okano Mesosetum alatum 1987 Mesosetum gibbosum 1984 with Renvoize Mesosetum longiaristatum 1987 Mesosetum tenue 1984 with Renvoize Mezilaurus opaca 1987 with Kubitzki Ophiochloa hydrolithica 1993 with Davidse & Zuloaga Paspalum biaristatum 1994 with Davidse Paspalum burmanii 2001 with Morrone & Zuloaga Paspalum campinarum 1995 with Davidse Paspalum imbricatum 1981 Paspalum longiaristatum 1994 with Davidse Paspalum morichalense 1994 with Davidse & Zuloaga Paspalum niquelandiae 1995 Paspalum peregrinum 1987 with Burman Paspalum zuloagae 1994 with Davidse Rheochloa scabriflora 1999 with Peterson & Herrera Streptostachys rigidifolia 1993 with Morrone & Zuloaga Triraphis devia 1999 with Zuloaga HONORS Filgueirasia Guala 2003 (Poaceae)

Tancredo Alves Furtado

Tancredo Alves Furtado, Brazilian dermatologist (Carmo do Parnaíba, Minas Gerais State 13 April 1923 – Belo Horizonte 25 July 2014) Authored over 200 scientific works with 60 of them in foreign reviews and books RELEVANT PAPERS Critérios para o diagnóstico de leishmaniose tegumentar americana. An. Bras. Dermatol. 65:51-6, 1980 Mechanism of infection in South American blatomycosis. Dermatol. Trop. 2:27-32, 1963 Manifestações tardias da framboesia. Thesis (1955) Late manifestations of yaws. AMA Arch. Derm. 76(4):446-51, 1957 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J. Pellegrino & L.H. Pereiva. Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, intradermal test with a promastigote suspension and a crude extract from Leishmania brasiliensis. Rev. Inst. Trop. São Paulo 19:393-5, 1977 Infection versus disease in South American blastomycosis. Int. J. Dermatol. 14:117-25, 1975 With J.G. Assunção, A.C. Viegas & V.L. de Barros. Topical triamcinolone acetonide in a new combination in the treatment of eczema. An. Bras. Dermatol. 44(4):309-14, 1969 With A.C. Viegas & F.J. Oliveira. Garamycin, a new antibiotic of external use in the treatment of pyodermitis and impetiigo. O Hospital 75(3):1041-, 1969 An appraisal of chemotherapy of American leishmaniasis. Dermatol. Iber. Lat. Am. 3:257-8, 1968 With C.F. Lopes & A. Hermeto. Treatment of mycetoma caused by Nocardia brasiliensis using a new sulfamide administered once a week. Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. 11(4):135-9, 1965 With B. Horizonte. Keroacanthoma: experimental histopathologic and clinical findings. Dermatol. Trop. 3:85-90, 1964 With F.J. Szymanski. Eccrine poroma. Z. Haut. Geschlechtskr. 33:353-9, 1962 With G. Batista. Carcinomatous degeneration of an old yaws ulcer. Z. Tropenmed. Parasitol. 13:198-201, 1962 Histopatologia del tumor misto de la piel de las glandulas salivales (Siringoma condroide). Arch. Arg. Dermat. 22(1):51-4, 1962 Sarcoid structure in secondary syphilis. O Hospital 60:885-8, 1961 With F.J. Szymanski. Etude histologique du dyskeratose verruqueux. Ann. Dermatol. Syph. 88:633-40, 1961 With T.A. Cisalpino & U. Santos. In vitro studies of effect of Amphotericin B on Leishmania brasiliensis. Antib. Chemoth. 10:692-3, 1960 With E.O. Cisalpino. Local treatment of pyodermas with a new quaternary ammonium compound (triburon). Antibiotic Med. Clin. Ther. 7:553-9, 1960 With B.A. Rodrigues. Paper electrophoresis of serum proteins in pemphigus foliaceus. J. Invest. Dermatol. 33:227-9, 1959 Etiopathogenesis of juxta-articular nodules. Ann. Dermatol. Syphil. 86:638-54, 1959 The Lucio-Alvarado form of leprosy. A case observed in Brazil. Int. J. Lepr. 27:110-5, 1959 Histopathology of pemphigus foliaceus. Arch. Derm. 80:66, 1959 With J. Pellegrino. Intradermal test in American leishmaniasis with a polysaccharide fraction isolated from Leishmania brasiliensis. J. Invest. Dermat. 27:53, 1956 With J.W. Wilson & O.A. Punkett. South American blastomycosis or paracoccidioidomycosis. The mycosis of Lutz, Splendore and Almeida. Arch. Derm. Syph. Chicago 70:166, 1954 With H. Brandão. A supra-renal do pênfigo foliáceo. Rev. Bras. Med. 6(10):664-9, 1949 With J. Pellegrino. A terapêutica da blastomicose sul-americana. Ensaios “in vitro” com a streptomicina. Brasil Med. 62:54, 1948 With J. Aleixo. Micose de Lutz de início possivelmente dentário (Relato de cinco casos). Brasil Med. 62:265, 1948