Carlos CortesPresident of the Portuguese Medical Association When we parked the car in the parking lot of the Dr. Hermes House-Museum, I couldn't help but feel a sense of curiosity bubbling up inside me. The idea of ​​visiting a place that houses a unique collection...

Germano de Sousa President of the Portuguese Medical Association (1999-2004) In November 1989, I was part of the organization of the VII National Medical Congress of the Order of Physicians, which took place at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. It was my...

Pedro Appleton Promontory Architects When we visit someone's home, we inevitably enter the private universe of the person who lives there. We are invited to a certain level of intimacy, interacting with objects that have been touched, pieces of furniture worn by time,...

José Manuel SilvaPresident of the Portuguese Medical Association In 2007, through the hands of doctors Ferreira de Carvalho and José Carlos Marinho, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Dr. Hermes Castanhas. What, at first, was simple curiosity, quickly turned into...