Military Surgeons and the Teaching of Surgery in the Portuguese World – 1773-1910

Abstract

In Portugal, including several overseas territories, in particular Portuguese America, the Military Institution and the Military Surgeons actively contributed to the teaching of surgery and to the care of the
most peripheral and needy populations. This reality, whether through the rudimentary teaching of Anatomy and Surgery in the Military Hospitals, or through the Anatomy and Surgery Classes, and later in the contribution to the Royal Schools of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Schools formation, cannot be forgotten.