José Vicente Martins Campos, Brazilian pediatric gastroenterologist (Santa Cruz das Palmeiras, São Paulo State 23 June 1923 – São Paulo 08 September 1998)
Of Italian descent from maternal side
Authored over 150 works
DEVELOPED
MEDICINES
Rarical, Resprin, Hydrax &Enterocin (for Johnson&Johnson)
METHODS
With W. Hoenen, A. Costa & J.F. Pontes. Estudos sobre a flora intestinal. II. Técnica geral de contagem e identificação de grupos bacterianos entéricos: interpretação dos resultados. Rev. Hosp. Clin. 11:71, 1956
With R.C. de Angelis. A method of obtaining suitable specimens of autolysed small intestinal mucosa epithelium. Arq. Gastroent. 13:55-8, 1976
First non-European physician to be invited to European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and later Emeritus Member of this Society
His father, Joaquim Martins Campos (Oliveira, Minas Gerais State c. 1895 – c.1945)
Founded Laboratório Farmaceutico Martins Campos and held about 20 pharmaceutic products such as Catemenyl, Phagocytol, Agua Inglesa Martins Campos, Vermifugo Campos, Phosphoiodan & Doralgina