A Faculdade de Medicina e sua Ação Renovadora

Abstract

On May 12, 1948, the Faculty of Medicine of Ceará was founded. A long path has been traveled for this achievement, as can be seen in the pages of this facsimile work, originally published in commemoration of ten years of the Faculty of Medicine, in 1958, by the University Press. JC Alencar Araripe objectively points out the main events that enabled the foundation of the Faculty, from the first glimpse of its creation, walking through events that were fundamental to the consolidation of this idea, such as the I Brazilian Congress of Catholic Doctors, held in 1946 at city of Fortaleza. From then onwards, articulations were outlined and, in a meeting held on June 9, 1947, chaired by Dr. César Cals de Oliveira, the “Promoting Society of the Faculty of Medicine of Ceará” was created, which played an important role in the establishment of the Institution. From the first headquarters of the Faculty, in Praça José de Alencar, in a building granted by the State government, until its installation on the Porangabuçu Campus, in 1957, already federalized, comprising the main set of Faculties that made up the UFC, a long work was developed . A fundamental work for those who want to know the history of medical education in Ceará, the foundations of an institution that has solidified and is renewed every year, woven with the participation of the entire community, it is observed that the narrative linked by the author stands out the importance, not only of distinguished personalities and the faculty, but also the gradual participation of the academic directory installed in 1948, which adopted the name XII de Maio, in honor of the Faculty's foundation date. This facsimile edition inaugurated the editorial program of the UFC Memorial in 2012, is richly illustrated with photographs from the period and recalls the entire trajectory of the Institution, offering the reader more extensive information on the history of the University.