[1] Curry Cabral lived most of his life in Lisbon, where he enrolled in the city's Medical-Surgical School [pt] in 1864.

On 2 July 1885, he was put in charge of an infirmary until he was named the Hospital's Chief Infirmarer (Enfermeiro-Mor) in 1900; he was only dismissed from this post following the 5 October 1910 revolution, to be replaced by Augusto de Vasconcelos.

[5] Also one of his first preoccupations was the creation of a Division of Medical Statistics, from which we can still today have a glimpse at the casuistry of early 20th-century Lisbon surgeons.

[5][2] He published several scientific works, and was one of the editors of the weekly medical journal Medicina Contemporânea ("Contemporary Medicine") in 1883.

His notoriety as a scientist and professor led to several memberships in national and foreign scientific societies such as the Societé d'Hygiene de Paris and the Lisbon Royal Academy of Sciences.