Between April 23rd and May 31st, the NOVA Medical School Library is presenting the exhibition “Personal Libraries of Augusto Celestino da Costa and Jaime Celestino da Costa | The Life and Work of Two Generations of Doctors”.
The exhibition showcases a valuable bibliographic collection of 1,593 works (including monographs, periodicals and reviews) in the field of Medical Sciences, dating from 1690 to 2009, a testimony to the evolution of medicine over more than three centuries, through the personal collections of two outstanding figures in the history of Portuguese medicine.
The exhibition is free to access and can be visited during the opening hours of the NOVA Medical School Library.
It's a unique opportunity to get to know the medical thinking of different eras and the legacy of two generations who contributed to science and medical education in Portugal.