title: [Medical practice in Spanish surgical texts in the 16th century].
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to show that the writings of 16th century Spanish surgeons-doctors contain considerable information about everyday surgical practice. These usually neglected data may bring us to a better understanding of the development of this aspect of medical practice. Surgical writings analysed here are by Daza Chacon, Juan Fragoso, Juan Calvo, and Pedro Arias de Benavides.
authors.affiliation: Historia de la Ciencia, Universitat de València. Jose.fresquet@uv.es
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fresquet Febrer
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain