title: [The arrival of the surgeon Alonso López de Hinojosos to New Spain].
abstract: Alonso López de Hinojosos was the most popular surgeon in New Spain during the 16th century. He wrote the first book of surgery in the New World in 1578 and managed the Native's Hospital in México City for more than a decade. However, nowadays there is not enough information that supports what has been written about him. As original contribution, in this article is presented a document that describes the arrival of Alonso Lopez de Hinojosos to New Spain in 1564. Likewise, it is explained the cultural context of the surgery and the professional training of surgeons in the colonial period.
authors: Universidad de Salamanca, España. gemarh@yahoo.com
authors: Gerardo
authors: G
authors: Martínez-Hernández
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D008800:Mexico; D013030:Spain