Notes on the History of Neurology in Northern Portugal

Abstract

Before the establishment of the Portuguese Republic, Ricardo Jorge, Magalhães Lemos, Júlio de Matos and Lopes Martins were renowned physicians involved in Neurology in Northern Portugal. However, academic chairs of Neurology and Psychiatry were only formally established under the Republic. Subsequently, other important figures emerged, including Corino de Andrade and Celso Cruz.