João Mendes Sachetti Barbosa ( 1714 - 1773 )

Birth: Estremoz, Évora, Portugal, Europe (1714) Death: c.1773 Profession: Physician Research field: Medcine Education: Évora University, philosophy; Coimbra University, medicine Career: Practiced medicine at Estremoz and Campo Maior; Doctor, Hospital Real, Elvas (1743); joined the Portuguese Inquisition; Physician to the King of Portugal; chief physicisan of the Royal Armies of Portugal (1762-1763); reformer of medical education; proponent of Newtonian ideas.