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Elucidário Madeirense

Person governor of Madeira teacher surgeon

Luiz Henriques

d. 1845

governor of Madeira · teacher · surgeon · school director · physician

Main article Henriques (Dr Luiz) Biography of Dr Luiz Henriques, a Norwegian-born shipwrecked cabin boy taken in by João de Carvalhal Esmeraldo, who trained in medicine at Edinburgh and became a leading surgeon in Funchal. He was the first director of the Funchal Medical-Surgical School and died by suicide in 1845.

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Medical-Surgical School — Hospital surgeon, first professor and director (1838–45) of the school.

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Map: Madeira (4)

Map: Madeira (4)