title: [Surgery from the end of the colonial regime to the conformation of independent Mexico].
abstract: Around the end of century XVIII the surgery of Nueva España was integrated to the renovation process that was given in Europe from principles of the illustrated century. As a result, the Royal College of Surgery was created; this institution was responsible for the education of surgeons of the kingdom, introducing and spreading the new and modern medical surgical theories. During the war of independence the College demonstrated its importance when they needed the graduates and students to serve the army. In the independent Mexico, the College of Surgery changed its name to the National School of Surgery and its work was the preparation of surgical personnel. Several of the physicians promoted diverse projects to modernize the health disciplines, which resulted in the creation of the Establishment of Medical Sciences in 1833 bringing about the integration of the medical career.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Historia y Filosofía de la Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México. verónica_r@correo.unam.mx
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Ortega
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viesca-Treviño
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008800:Mexico