José Pereira Guimarães, Brazilian surgeon and anatomist (Rio de Janeiro 01 October 1843 – Rio de Janeiro 21 March 1915)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Developed a treatment for aneurysms employing transcutaneous applications of faradic current. This method was released in France by Reclus and known as Brazilian method (1874)
Developed a new procedure of total resection of upper jaw
Novo processo de ressecção total do maxillar superior com o mais completo resultado n’um caso de carcinoma encephaloide do maxillar superior. Rio de Janeiro, 1887
Created a table suited to surgical interventions
MEMBERSHIP
Correspondant Member, Societé de Hygiene de Paris and other European scientific associations