title: [Medical education in the Chilean colonial period during 18th century: Professor Domingo Nevin and his disciple Pedro Manuel Chaparro].
abstract: This article outlines the beginning of the medical studies at the Universidad de San Felipe de Santiago de Chile on the second half of the 18th century. Dr Domingo Nevin was the first professor of Prima Medicina and Proto-medico. Dr. Pedro Manuel Chaparro was the first Chilean student who complete his studies and got his degree at the same university. Both of them had remarkable achievements during the colonial Chilean Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Laval
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Duarte
mesh_terms: D002677:Chile; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*