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Dr. Nuno Silvestre Teixeira
1847–1928
physician · teacher · public health officer · journalist
Physician from Ponta do Sol who studied medicine at Coimbra and in Funchal taught at the Medical School from 1883 to 1910, served as rector of the Liceu and as district health officer. He was known for decades of popular science articles on medicine and hygiene in the Diário de Notícias, including a notable report on the 1919 influenza.
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- Misericórdias — Member of the medical commission that recommended Santa Clara for the new hospital.
- Diseases — Physician who wrote a notable report on the 1919 Spanish flu and pneumonic influenza, published in the Diário de Notícias from December 1919.
- Porto Santo (health resort) — Lecturer at the Funchal Medical School and district health officer, whose study praising Porto Santo as a health resort is quoted in this entry.
- Besouro (hummingbird hawk-moth) — Funchal physician whose newspaper article on the habits of European beetles led Madeirans to use 'besouro' as a nickname for people with similar habits.
- Wines — Translated the German wine study into Portuguese in the Diário de Notícias in 1916.
- Lyceum — Rector of the lyceum from 1881 and again from 1900, noted for his reports.
- Ponta do Sol (parish) — Distinguished native of Ponta do Sol.
- Teixeira (Dr João Augusto) — Teacher at the Coimbra lyceum and brother of Dr João Augusto Teixeira.
- Medical-Surgical School — Professor from 1883 until the school's abolition in 1910.
- Teixeira (Canon Feliciano João) — Brother of Canon Feliciano João Teixeira, with his own entry in the Elucidário.
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