Person whom perhaps I admire from today


Luis Ernesto Matamoros (1925-2004)

Greetings to everyone who has come across this post. I never thought I'd have to post about myself, but here we go.

To be honest, I had never asked myself that question. It didn't seem important to me and I didn't want to answer it. Since I don't have a person from my field that I admire, I had to look for someone who would fit the profile.

The first brake I had was when choosing a person, not because there were many people to choose from, but because there were very few. The problem arises from the beginning of the sciences, since Chemistry and Pharmacy, did not have or possess that name. In ancient times, Pharmacy and Medicine were practically the same, and only later would Pharmacy separate from Medicine to be known as a separate science.

I chose Luis Ernesto Miramontes (1925-2004), that although he is not a Pharmaceutical Chemist in name, but a Chemical Engineer, he enters the definition thanks to his contributions to today's society.

His contribution to today's society are the first oral contraceptives, which helped people and governments to have birth control.

Miramontes was a researcher and co-founder of the Chemistry Institute of the National Preparatory School of UNAM, Mexico. He has more than 40 patents in different areas, such Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Petrochemistry and Chemistry of Atmospheric Pollutants.

He synthesized "norethisterone", it is the active base compound of the first synthetic oral contraceptive, better known as the contraceptive pill. Although it is common for the creation of the pill to be attributed to Djerassi and Jorge Rosenkranz (Scientists) , they agree that the invention or the first synthesis is from Miramontes.


My fifth blog.

Thanks for reading and until the next post.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My favorite food in summer

Image
  Kuchenes made by me. S ummer 2023. Greetings to everyone who has come across this post.   I never thought I'd have to post about myself, but here we go. Kuchen, it is one of my favorite desserts, regardless of its flavor or size, they are my first choice in the months of January and February. My decision for kuchen as my favorite food (although I prefer to call it dessert), is its flavor and versatility in the ingredients that can be added to it. I know that a dessert like kuchen is not healthy to overeat, just like anything else. The truth is that making a kuchen is not difficult, but you have to find the trick to the dough, so that it is neither too thin nor too thick, and depending on what the consumer prefers, whether it is crunchy or soft.  A good way to have a perfect dough to taste is to ask your family or someone you know if they can teach you how to make it.  In case you don't have anyone to help you with this step, there are good tutorials on the internet...
Read more

My favourite piece of technology

Image
My salvation in this modern life. Greetings to everyone who has come across this post. I never thought I'd have to post about myself, but here we go. After thinking about it for a while, I came to the conclusion that my favorite piece of technology is optical glasses. One thing I didn't know, and I found out with a little Google search, is that the first glasses date from between the years 1270 and 1290. Surprising if you ask me, but if we consider that the creation of the mechanical clock or the water mill, I think the discovery fits the times in my opinion. To think that something so simple to look at has so many advantages for us, such as the ability to see the world in all its splendor for people with vision problems. Sometimes I think that one does not always value things as common as seeing, smelling, hearing or feeling our environment. I live my day to day with optical glasses and the truth is that I do not know what I would do without them or what would become of me at ...
Read more

Why did I choose my major (study program)?

Image
Good day to all who have come across this second post, I never wanted to have a concrete answer to the questions required for this post, but here we go. Starting by telling a little about myself. I wanted to be a flight attendant, for all the places that way of life allowed me to visit, but as a child I was a huge fan of mystery shows, it all started with scooby-doo. This escalated until I had to choose which high school to go to, I wanted something that would bring me closer to this world, my first choice was a high school with a TP program in Nursing, but I ended up deciding on a degree in Industrial Chemistry. In the end, when I had to decide what to study in college, I chose Chemistry and Pharmacy because of an informative talk I had in my first year of high school, I liked it and I decided. Although I was torn between the careers of Coroner, Civil Engineer, and Math Teacher that also appealed to me, I don't regret choosing Chemistry and Pharmacy. I've had a rocky start to ...
Read more