Departures of note

Fernando Pires Ferreira returned to São Bernardo, Brazil, in 1868 and supposedly operated his mother's cataract using the dinner table at Fazenda Paraíso.

According to the 1961 Bulletin of National Academy of Medicine and oral statements, the slaves called him a witch for performing a miracle in his 72‑year‑old mother and the phrase “[he] gave light to whom gave him light” became consecrated.