Appointment of José Gracida y Bernal as Protomédico de Merced

Appointment of José Gracida y Bernal [1760?-1815] as Protomédico de Merced. Produced in Mexico. Signed, with rúbrica, by José de Iturrigaray [Viceroy 1803-08], and counter-signed, with rúbricas, by others. The vacancy was caused by the death in 1808 of José Vicente de la Peña, Catedrático de método from 1806. The letters of appointment rehearse the submission of three names to the Viceroy, his choice of the first name presented, and the confirmation of the Accountant General that the appropriate dues had been paid by the candidate.

1808

4 ll. 30.5 x 21 cm. Unbound. The upper part of the inner margins damaged, affecting the text. On papel sellado for 1808-09.

Purchased 1962.

The appointment of the third Protomédico [de Merced, or de Gracia] lay within the prerogative of the Viceroy since the Real Cédula of 18 February 1646 [see Flores (1886-88), 2, p. 170]

At Wellcome Collection: see WMS/Amer.100.

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).

The items in this collection formed part of the Guerra Collection.