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Revista Pan-Amazônica de Saúde
Print version ISSN 2176-6215On-line version ISSN 2176-6223
Abstract
MIRANDA, Aristoteles Guilliod de and ABREU JR., José Maria de Castro. Anna Turan Machado Falcão (1862-1940): the forgotten Amazonian pioneer doctor. Rev Pan-Amaz Saude [online]. 2012, vol.3, n.1, pp.11-17. ISSN 2176-6215. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S2176-62232012000100002.
This article outlines a biography of Anna Turan Machado Falcão. Born in 1862 in Igarapé-Miri, Pará State, Brazil, Dr. Anna Turan was Para's first physician. She graduated in the United States of America in 1887. After returning to Brazil and validating her diploma at the Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, she worked in the states of Pará, Acre and São Paulo, where she died in 1940.
Keywords : History of Medicine; Woman Doctor; Amazônia; Pará.