The first neuroanatomical text published on the American continent: Mexico City, 1579

Childs Nerv Syst. 2004 Jan;20(1):8-17. doi: 10.1007/s00381-003-0815-0. Epub 2003 Nov 5.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Famous Persons
  • History, 16th Century
  • Humans
  • Mexico
  • Neuroanatomy / history*
  • Publishing / history
  • Textbooks as Topic / history*