Sousa Martins, The `saint` Doctor Of Lisnon Editorial Image

Ins Lisbon there is a square, Campo dos Mártires, that has a statue. Around the statue, a lot of thank-you plaques are place by devotees of all ages. Sousa Martins was a leading doctor and professor of Medicine and he was one of the most prominent figures of the portuguese nineteenth century. His fight against tuberculosis made him known worldwide in the nineteenth century. Today poor, homeless and sick ask for their `divine intervention`.