Mourão Pita (Dr César Augusto)
Original title: Mourão Pita (Dr. César Augusto)
Biography of Dr César Augusto Mourão Pita (1837–1906), Lisbon-born physician adopted by Dr António da Luz Pita, author of works on the climate of Madeira and clinical director of the Hospício da Princesa Dona Maria Amélia in Funchal.
He was born in the city of Lisbon on 21 March 1837, the son of Miguel Pinto da Silva Mourão and Dona Joana Marques. He was only three months old when the distinguished physician Dr António da Luz Pita adopted him as his son, at the time when, accompanied by his parents, he was passing through the port of Funchal on his way to Africa. He graduated in medicine from the faculty of Montpellier, defending the thesis Du Climat de Madère..., which he published in 1859 in a volume of 262 pp. On the same subject, and under the title Madère, Station Médicale fixe..., he published a pamphlet of 101 pp. in Paris in 1889. He was an army doctor, reaching the rank of brigade surgeon, and for many years held the post of clinical director of the Princess Maria Amélia Hospice (Hospício da Princesa Dona Maria Amélia). He served as French consular agent on this island, as representative (procurador) to the District General Council (Junta Geral), and on other public service commissions. He died in Funchal on 22 May 1906.
A volume of 234 pp. entitled Os Acontecimentos do Theatro do Príncipe Real. Historia completa do infame trama urdido... contra João Radich was published in Lisbon in 1870, in which the name of Dr César Mourão Pita features prominently.
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César Augusto Mourão Pita was born in Lisbon.
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César Augusto Mourão Pita published his Montpellier thesis Du Climat de Madère.
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A book on the Teatro do Príncipe Real affair against João Radich, featuring Mourão Pita, was published in Lisbon.
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Dr. César Augusto Mourão Pita published 'Madère, Station Médicale fixe' in Paris.
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César Augusto Mourão Pita died in Funchal.
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Abroad
- Funchal
Where he was adopted, worked and died.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Birthplace of Mourão Pita.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
- Montpellier
France. Where he qualified in medicine.
Montpellier is a French university city where many Madeiran physicians took their medical degrees or doctorates. They include António Augusto Larica, Antero Drumond de Meneses, Pedro Júlio Vieira, João de Freitas da Silva and the Conde de Canavial.
- Paris
France. Where his 1889 pamphlet was published.
The French capital, where Franco de Sousa settled and painted 'Ar livre', and where Juvenal Honório de Ornelas took his medical doctorate in 1834. Padre Luiz Gonçalves da Câmara studied there and met Loyola, and the Barão de Ornelas graduated, practised and died there.
- Princess Maria Amélia Hospice
Funchal. Hospice where he was clinical director for many years.
The Hospício da Princesa Dona Maria Amélia is a hospice in Funchal whose chapel is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows (Nossa Senhora das Dores). Dr César Augusto Mourão Pita was its clinical director for many years.
People
People mentioned · 05- César Augusto Mourão Pita1837–1906/1907
Physician, military surgeon and French consular agent in Madeira who wrote on the island's climate.
- António da Luz Pita1802–1870
Distinguished physician who adopted César Augusto Mourão Pita as an infant when his family passed through Funchal.
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Mother of Dr César Augusto Mourão Pita.
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Subject of an 1870 Lisbon book on the Teatro do Príncipe Real affair in which Mourão Pita figures prominently.
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Father of Dr César Augusto Mourão Pita.