Elísio de Moura stood out in the teaching and research of psychiatry and neurology, having contributed, in the beginning of the Republic, to the maintenance of the teaching of Medicine at the University of Coimbra, which was at risk of moving to the new University of Lisbon and University of Porto.Elísio de Moura was the son of José Alves de Moura, who studied theology, and subsequently became a professor and rector of the Liceu de Braga (currently Escola Secundária Sá de Miranda, and his wife Emília da Costa Pereira de Azevedo. Elísio de Moura was the only one of his parents' ten children to pursue medicine.On October 15, 1892, at the age of fifteen, he enrolled at the University of Coimbra, as a student at the Faculties of Mathematics and Philosophy. On July 10, 1895, he obtained a Bachelor's degree in philosophy. He then enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, attending the respective Course from 1895 to 1901. On March 1, 1901 he did a degree. Approved with distinction, in 1902 he was appointed substitute professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra.Later, as a full professor, he taught of internal pathology, medical propaedeutics, obstetrics, and pediatrics. It was the conducting of the courses in internal pathology and Internal Medicine that motivated Elísio de Moura to study Neurology and Psychiatry.In 1907, he began teaching neurology and psychiatry in Portugal, at the University of Coimbra. Along with research and teaching, the doctor also devoted part of his time to the foundation and direction of what is today known as Casa da Infância Dr Elísio de Moura in Coimbra.In 1939, his colleagues elected him to become first President of the Portuguese Medical Association. On 5 June 1947 he was made Grand Officer of the Military Order of Sant'Iago da Espada, on 31 May 1961 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Benemerence and on 5 July 1971 he was elevated to Great Britain. Cross of the Military Order of Sant'Iago da Espada. He died on 18 June 1977 and was buried in Mount Cemetery d'Arcos in Braga.
