Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira

Lafayette Benedict Mendel

Professor Lafayette Benedict Mendel passed away early in the morning of December 9, 1935. Through his death the world lost a distinguished scientist, the University a wise teacher and trusted servant, and his pupils a beloved counsellor and friend. The scope of his interests was broad and he achieved distinction in several spheres of scientific activity, but he will probably be best remembered ...

Francisco C. Pereira

Clotrimazol é reduzido em eletrodo de mercúrio em tampão fosfato pH > 6 através de um processo reversível de um elétron. O processo eletródico apresenta forte efeito de adsorção, o qual pode ser minimizado na presença de Triton X-100. Clotrimazol pode ser determinado em níveis de 50 ng mL-1 quando pré-acumulado durante 3 min à –0,20 V. O método proposto foi aplicado para determinação do fármaco...

Hélio Pereira de Magalhães

He became interested in surgery during his undergraduate studies, particularly in experimental surgery (general and cardiovascular) and cardiopulmonary bypass (under the supervision of Dante Romanó). He did his residency in Cardiovascular Surgery at the Instituto de Cardiologia do Estado de São Paulo (ICE), currently, the Institute Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, in 1964 and 1965, remaining at ...

Maria E. Figueiredo-Pereira

Lafayette Mendel as Medical Essayist *

It was spring in New Haven in the year 1927. The elm trees were in leaf and all outdoors beckoned, as is fitting on sunny days in April throughout New England. In a classroom at 333 Cedar Street on this particular afternoon were Professor Lafayette B. Mendel and his students. The weekly seminar in physiological chemistry was in session. One of the women participants, who had just completed her ...