DETAILS OF PUBLICATION: The first neuroanatomy text published on the American continent was included in the Tractado de Anothomia y Chirugia by Fr. Agustín Farfán, O.S.A., who received his M.D. in 1569 from the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. It was printed in 1579 by Antonio Ricardo, a Piedmontese who had settled in Mexico City, capital of New Spain.
Content: . This text encompasses a very correct and complete neuroanatomy of an eminently Galenic type.