José L. Duomarco was a Uruguayan 20th century scientist who introduced innovative ideas in the fields of medical physics and cardiac and venousphysiology.
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, 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 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” 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 and . Ricardo Rimini, Cyro Giambruno, Pablo Recarte, Arnoldo Esponda, Galina Solovey, José Pedro Sapriza, J. P. Migliaro, Germán H. Surraco, Ing. José Luis Duomarco and others were some of his research collaborators. According to the , 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:
Comparison of cardiac output by a direct method and the Hamilton-Remington procedure. J.L. Duomarco; W.H. Dillon; C.J. Wiggers; The Am. J. of Physiology, 1948, CLIV, 290.
The effect of the rapid infusion of liquid into the circulatory system J.L. Duomarco; C.E. Giambruno Acta Physiologica Latino Americana, 1951, I, 252.
Intra esophageal pressure and the local differences in pleural pressure. J.L. Duomarco; R. Rimini; J.P. Migliaro; Acta Physiologica Latino Americana, 1954, IV 133.-
The collapse of the pulmonary veins. J.L. Duomarco; R. Rimini; C.E. Giambruno; Acta Physiologica Latino Americana, 1957, VII, p. 8.-
On the relationship between end systolic volume and ventricular mechanical impulse, A new law of the heart. J.L. Duomarco A.C. Esponda Acta Physiologica Latino Americana, 1958, VIII, p. 164.
Gradients of pressure in the circulatory system. J.L. Duomarco; R. Rimini; “Cardiology” An Encyclopedia of the Cardiovascular System. Ed. A.A. Luisada, McGraw Hill, New York, 1959.
Functions for the Pericardium. J.L. Duomarco; C.E. Giambruno; R. Rimini; Cardiovascular Functions Ed. A. A. Luisada McGraw Hill, New York, 1962, p. 2-307.
Systemic Venous Collapse in Man. J.L. Duomarco; R. Rimini; C.E. Giambruno; The Am. J. of Cardiology, 1963, XI, p. 357.
Cardiac retropulsion and zonal pressure of the pericardium. J.L. Duomarco; R. Rimini C.E. Giambruno Acta Physiologica Latino Americana 1964, XIV, p. 55.
La frecuencia cardíaca. Estudio sobre un modelo hidráulico. J.L. Duomarco; J.L. Duomarco; “Medicina”, 1966. XXVI, p. 1.
Venous pressure of man in space. J.L. Duomarco; R. Rimini; Aerospace Medicine, Vol. 41 No. 2, February 1970.
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 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 Viña del Mar, Chile Noviembre 1964
