Certificate issued to Victorio Gracida
- Date:
- [1817-]1839
- Reference:
- WMS/Amer.97
- Part of:
- New Spain: official documentation
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Certificate of examination and approval in the theory and practice of medicine of the bachiller Victorio Gracida. Produced in Mexico. Dated 9 October 1839, on papel sellado for 1838-39. Authorised copy of the certificate and licence to practice medicine originally issued by the Protomedicato on 20 September 1817 and signed by the President, J.I. García Jove [d. 1823] and the Protomédicos M.J. de Flores and the well-known Luis Montaña [1755-1820]. The certificate describes in the usual manner the candidate's personal appearance, vouches for his limpieza de sangre, describes his examination and oath, and awards him licence to practise.
Publication/Creation
[1817-]1839
Physical description
2 ll. 30.5 x 21.5 cm. Unbound.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1962.
Finding aids
Described in: Robin Price, An Annotated Catalogue of Medical Americana in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1983).
Ownership note
The items in this collection formed part of the Guerra Collection.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores