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Juvenal Honório de Ornelas
1806–1873
physician · teacher · writer · politician
Madeiran physician, doctor of medicine from the Paris school, who wrote a Paris thesis (1834) on treating post-partum haemorrhage. He taught at the former Funchal medical school, where he was first assistant-demonstrator from 1838. A Historical Progressive in politics, he was appointed health officer by the 1847 junta and died in 1873.
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- Political Parties — Madeiran Historical Progressive.
- Governing Junta of Madeira in 1847 — Appointed health officer by the 1847 junta.
- Medical-Surgical School — First assistant-demonstrator of the school, from 1838.
2Chronology
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Juvenal Honório de Ornelas published his Paris medical thesis on post-partum haemorrhage.
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The Medical-Surgical School of Funchal was installed on 2 May 1837 at the Santa Isabel hospital, replacing the former British Infirmary; it operated until 1910.
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Juvenal Honório de Ornelas died in Madeira aged 67.
3Places mentioned
Abroad