GB 0120 WMS/Amer.3, 51, 62, 64 and 96-97 - New Spain: official documentation

4 volumes and 2 files

The items in this collection formed part of the Guerra Collection.
GB 0120 WMS/Amer.3, 51, 62, 64 and 96-97 1690-1839 Collection (fonds) 4 volumes and 2 files Depositor

The items in this collection formed part of the Guerra Collection.

Purchased 1962.

The papers in this collection comprise official documentation issued by the authorities in New Spain (specifically, in Mexico). They include the appointment of José Gracida y Bernal (1760?-1815) as one of the Protomedicatos who were in charge of medical matters in New Spain (WMS/Amer.96); three certificates issued by Protomedicatos giving individuals licence to practice medicine (WMS/Amer.51, 64 and 97); a copy of a notice suspending quarantine procedures in the city of Mexico during the fever epidemic of 1813 (WMS/Amer.3); and a order authorising payment to F.X. de Balmis (1753-1819) for work on indigenous plants in the treatment of syphilis (WMS/Amer.62).

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Spanish.

manuscript, bound and loose papers.

Described in: Robin Price, An Annotated Catalogue of Medical Americana in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1983). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.

The Wellcome Library holds WMS/Amer.100, also relating to José Gracida y Bernal.

description compiled by Christopher Hilton based upon those in the Library's published finding aid by Robin Price. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. December 2000. Americas Balmis , F X , de , 1753-1819 x de Balmis , F X Bernal , José Gracida , y , ? 1760-1815 x y Bernal , José Gracida Botany Brizuela , Juan , de , 1645-1722 Brizuela , Juan José de la Peña , y , d 1789 Colonial administration Colonial countries Disease control Diseases Epidemiology Flora Government Health Health policy Infectious diseases Iturrigaray , José de , 1742-1815 , Spanish colonial administrator x de Iturrigaray , José Jove , José Ignacio García , d 1823 Materia medica Medical profession Medical sciences Medicinal plants Mexico Montaña , Luis , 1755-1820 x Montana , Luis New Spain New Spain , government New Spain , Protomedicatos North America Pathology Perez , Pedro , c 1800 , [physician] Pharmacology Plants Political systems Public administration Salgado , Marcus Joseph , 1671-1740 Sexually transmitted diseases Spirochaetales infections Surgery Syphilis Typhoid Vegetation Bacterial infections Treponemal infections Bacterial infections and mycoses

Purchased 1962.

The papers in this collection comprise official documentation issued by the authorities in New Spain (specifically, in Mexico). They include the appointment of José Gracida y Bernal (1760?-1815) as one of the Protomedicatos who were in charge of medical matters in New Spain (WMS/Amer.96); three certificates issued by Protomedicatos giving individuals licence to practice medicine (WMS/Amer.51, 64 and 97); a copy of a notice suspending quarantine procedures in the city of Mexico during the fever epidemic of 1813 (WMS/Amer.3); and a order authorising payment to F.X. de Balmis (1753-1819) for work on indigenous plants in the treatment of syphilis (WMS/Amer.62).

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

• English

• Latin

Spanish.

The Wellcome Library holds WMS/Amer.100, also relating to José Gracida y Bernal.

Described in: Robin Price, An Annotated Catalogue of Medical Americana in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1983). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English