Dynamis. 2002 ; 22(): 209-33.

[Popular medicine versus university medicine during the reign of JoÃ£o V of Portugal (1706-1750)]

Mendes Drumond Braga IM.

Facultad de Letras de la Universidad de Lisboa. isabeldrumondbraga@hotmail.com

This paper endeavours to contribute to an understanding of the coexistence and complementarity between popular and university medicine in the Portugal of the first half of the 18th century. It begins by outlining the academic training of physicians and the publishing of medical books, concentrating on the study of advertisements published in the Gazeta de Lisboa from 1715 to 1750. These draw attention to the more frequent diseases in the population and the large number of remedies offered to treat them, and represents an example of the pluralism of medical practices exercised by qualified and qualified practitioners, Portuguese or otherwise.