Las «Observaciones» del Real Colegio de Cirugía de la Armada en Cádiz (1742-1836)

The «Observations» are a documentary set that accredits the periodic meetings of the surgeons of the Royal College of Surgery of Cadiz, in the second half of the 18th century and the first decades of the 19th century. It represented the model to be followed by the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona and Madrid. There are 310 documents preserved, the oldest one dates from 1742 and the latest from 1836. These documents were presented at the scholastic Assemblies of the Royal College of Surgery of Cadiz as a newness in the Spanish Enlightenment and afterwards were included in the Catalonian and Madrilenian Colleges.