description: Aristides Monteiro was man far ahead of his times. Son of a revoluntionary member of the Portuguese nobility, Aristides was born in Virginia in 1829 and made his decision to become a doctor after his mother died, because medicine was unable to save her life.
language: English
title: Confederate Surgeon: Aristides Monteiro
titlecomplete: Confederate Surgeon: Aristides Monteiro
publisher: Dodd, 1969.