The memory built from the foundation of the University of Paraná and its medical school portrays one of its creators, Nilo Cairo, as a character with two distinct facets. This text analyzes how this fragmented memory prevents us from understanding the deployment of the Faculty of Medicine of Paraná as a project that fits with the discussion about homeopathic medicine in the early twentieth century, its strategies of legitimation and Nilo Cairo's aspirations as an homeopath.
history of health; homeopathic medicine; medical education; Faculty of Medicine of Paraná; Nilo Cairo