Physical and moral education of bodies: Francisco de Mello Franco and Luso-Brazilian medicine in the late XVIII century

Abstract

The objective of this article is to approach the medical thought of Francisco de Mello Franco. The author can be seen as one of the representatives of the Luso-Brazilian medicine of ends of XVIII century, in the measure where he not only incorporates the innovations of medical knowledge, but also approaches subjects valued in that period, as the moral, the physical education and the hygiene of the bodies.