Apresentação Histórica / Historical Introduction Adolpho Lutz: Education and First Works
Apresentação histórica / Historical introduction Adolpho Lutz: Education and First Works Magali Romero Sá Jaime Benchimol SciELO Books / SciELO Livros / SciELO Libros BENCHIMOL, JL., and SÁ, MR., eds., and orgs. Adolpho Lutz: Primeiros trabalhos: Alemanha, Suíça e Brasil (1878-1883) = First works: Germany, Switzerland and Brazil (1878-1883) [online]. Rio de Janeiro: Editora FIOCRUZ, 2004. 440 p. Adolpho Lutz Obra Completa, v.1, book 1. ISBN: 85-7541-043-1. Available from SciELO Books <http://books.scielo.org>. All the contents of this work, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported. Todo o conteúdo deste trabalho, exceto quando houver ressalva, é publicado sob a licença Creative Commons Atribuição - Uso Não Comercial - Partilha nos Mesmos Termos 3.0 Não adaptada. Todo el contenido de esta obra, excepto donde se indique lo contrario, está bajo licencia de la licencia Creative Commons Reconocimento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Unported. PRIMEIROS TRABALHOS: ALEMANHA, SUÍÇA E NO BRASIL (1878-1883) 185 Adolpho Lutz: Education and First Works Magali Romero Sá Jaime Benchimol Family origins hen tracing the origins of the Lutzes, one of the most established Wfamilies of Bern, biographers tend to spotlight the Brazilian scientist’s grandfather, Friedrich Bernard Jacob Lutz, an important figure in Swiss medical history. The son of Abraham Jacob Lutz (1756-1817) and M. Elizabeth Barth, Friedrich was born in Lichtenfteig on January 28, 1785, and migrated with his family to Gesteid bei Interlaken in 1794.1 He was educated by his father, an erudite minister schooled in the ancient classics, and from an early age he displayed a propensity to study medicine, something he was unable to pursue given the lack of resources.
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