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Elucidário Madeirense

Person military_officer physician

Luiz Albino Gonçalves

d. 1882

military_officer · physician

Became army colonel-physician without formal training and served in the 1856 cholera epidemic.

1Mentioned in

Bravos do Mindelo (the Heroes of Mindelo) — Became army colonel-physician without formal training and served in the 1856 cholera epidemic.

2Chronology

1856
A cholera epidemic, brought by Infantry Regiment No. 1, ravaged Madeira from July to October 1856, killing about ten thousand people by tradition and leaving many orphans. Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo, Luiz Albino Gonçalves and others served during it.

3Places mentioned

Map: Arquipélago da Madeira (14)

Map: Arquipélago da Madeira (14)