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Luiz da Câmara Pestana
1863–1899
bacteriologist · physician · professor
Funchal-born bacteriologist (1863–1899) and professor at the Lisbon Medical-Surgical School, who founded and directed the Bacteriological Institute of Lisbon. He died of plague contracted while studying the Porto epidemic, and was honoured in Funchal with a bust and an asylum bearing his name.
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- Historical dates — Madeiran bacteriologist, died in Lisbon in 1899; the Funchal asylum bears his name.
- Camara Pestana (João da) — Deceased bacteriologist and brother of the agronomist João da Camara Pestana.
- Professors — Madeiran professor at the Lisbon Medical-Surgical School.
- Asylums — Madeiran bacteriologist in whose memory the asylum was founded and named.
- Monument to Câmara Pestana — Madeiran bacteriologist and 'martyr of science' honoured by a bust and a commemorative plaque.
- Pestana (Luís da Câmara) — Person whose entry is filed under Camara Pestana.
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