In this comparative study based on an internai analysis of Constantino Ponce de la Fuente's and Fr. Pedro de Santa Maria's catechistic writings, the important common attitude ascribed to the influence of Erasmian thought is emphasized, as indeed is the Portuguese author's specificity of language and sensibility. The survival of traditional forms of piety, as seen in Fr. Pedro de Santa Maria's Ordem e regimento ...
The article offers a brief recollection of Manuel Gomes de Lima Bezerra’s actions pursuing the regeneration of medicine and surgery in Portugal in the 18th century, emphasizing one of the most important vectors of his enlightened «civic campaign»: the need for surgeons to be recognized by the State and to be –the more distinguished among them – generously paid. Key words: Manuel Gomes de Lima Bezerra? surgery i...
The article analyses the life and work of Manuel Gomes de Lima Bezerra (1727-1806), a surgeon from Ponte do Lima: he was not only pioneer in the use of new methods and instruments in medical education — and thereby equally in public health —, but he was also a pioneer in the different fields of knowledge (particularly those which affected the needs of the population of the Entre-Douro- -e-Minho region) with whi...
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