Peter Adolph Rostgaard Bruun Gad (25 November 1846 – 26 February 1907) was a Danish-Brazilian ophthalmologist who founded the first eye infirmary of

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city, Brazil, at the "Santa Casa de Sao Paulo" hospital, in 1885. This eye infirmary became the first

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school of São Paulo. Gad also worked in

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and

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1846 births 1907 deaths Danish emigrants Immigrants to Brazil Danish ophthalmologists {{Denmark-bio-stub