José L. Duomarco
José L. Duomarco (September 27, 1905 – November 25, 1985) was a Uruguayan 20th century scientist who introduced innovative ideas in the fields of medical physics and cardiac and venous physiology. Life. Duomarco was born September 27, 1905 and died November 25, 1985 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was the son of Uruguayan parents of Spanish origin. He received his primary and secondary education from public institutions of Montevideo and his medical education from the School of Medicine of the Universidad de la República (Uruguay), from April 1924 to December 1930. His investigations took place in the laboratories of  that same School of Medicine, and also in Montevideo public hospitals. His research work (his hobby) ran parallel to his medical practice as a heart specialist in Varela Fuentes and Rubino Private Clinic and in public hospitals. He was as attentive to his patients as he was to his experiments. During his lifetime, Duomarco was a member and sometime president or vice president of the following Scientific Societies: During the 1947-1948 academic year and after being awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, he worked under Professor Carl Wiggers at the Department of Physiology of the School of Medicine of Western Reserve  University in Cleveland, Ohio. On October 25, 1948, Professor Wiggers wrote: On June 15, 1970, the Universidad de la Republica, through its School of Medicine, granted Duomarco the title of Professor ad-Honorem. Work. Books. Duomarco seconded by his friend Ricardo Rimini published two books: Bernardo A. Houssay, an Argentinian professor and the 1947 "Physiology or Medicine" division Nobel Laureate, prefaced this book. Houssay wrote: Blas Moia, a distinguished Argentinian cardiology professor, prefaced this second book. Papers. Duomarco, when a very young medical student and enthusiastic on recent insulin studies, published in 1928 his first paper: “Sobre fisiopatología de la  diabetes” (On Physiopathology of Diabetes) in “El estudiante libre” a medical students magazine. Seventy years later, the Uruguayan Post commemorated this event with the emission of a stamp honoring him. When already a renowned investigator, enthusiastic on space travel, Duomarco published in 1970 his last paper: “Venous Pressure of Man in Space” in the Journal of Aerospace Medicine. Duomarco published around one hundred and thirty papers. Some of those papers can be found here and here. Ricardo Rimini, Cyro Giambruno, Pablo Recarte, Arnoldo Esponda, Galina Solovey, José Pedro Sapriza, J. P. Migliaro, Germán H. Surraco, Ing. José Luis Duomarco (h ) and others were some of his research collaborators. According to the Science Citation Index, many of these papers are still being referenced in modern physiological research publications. Among those papers, Duomarco considered the following twelve as the most valuable: Venous return regulation. One of Duomarco's favorite subjects of research was venous return regulation. On occasion of the "VI Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencias Fisiologicas (ALACF -- 1964)" he wrote: "La Regulación del Retorno Venoso". Conferencia por José L. Duomarco en la Mesa Redonda sobre “Mecanismos de Autorregulación Circulatoria” en el VI Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencias  Fisiológicas(ALACF) Viña del Mar, Chile Noviembre 1964