
The teaching of medicine in Portugal began in Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, in the 12th century, through the teaching of members of religious orders. In the 13th century, the medical education started to be carried out in Lisbon, in EstudoGeral, until the construction of the Hospital of Todos-os-Santos in the 15th century. Almost at the same time, it was created the brotherhood of NossaSenhora da Mesericórdia. In the 16th century, the theoretical teaching(medicine) was carried out at the University of Coimbra, while practical teaching (surgery) was carried out at the Hospital of Todos-os-Santos, in Lisbon.