Person physician writer
Dr. Julião Fernandes da Silva
b. 1723
physician · writer
Eighteenth-century Funchal-born physician trained at Coimbra, identified in 1907 as the anonymous author of the 'Carta critica sobre o método curativo dos medicos funchalenses' (1755), a sharp critique of medical practice and the main source on the 1751 measles epidemic. He also wrote 'Exame de Sangradores'.
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- Historical dates — Wrote in 1755 a critical letter on the methods of Funchal's physicians.
- Pita (Dr António da Luz) — Physician, author of the Carta Critica on Funchal doctors' methods, cited as a famous clinician.
- St Lazarus’s Hospital — 18th-century physician who blamed diet for elephantiasis and held it contagious.
- Epidemics — Physician who wrote the 'Carta critica sobre o método curativo dos médicos funchalenses', the main source on the 1751 measles epidemic in Madeira.
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Dr Julião Fernandes da Silva was born in Funchal.
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Dr Julião Fernandes da Silva completed his medical degree at Coimbra.
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Fr. João de São José wrote his letter to Dr Julião Fernandes da Silva, and the Carta critica closed on 7 September 1755.
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The autograph manuscript of Dr Julião Fernandes da Silva was discovered and bought by the Funchal Municipal Library.
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