ABSTRACT
It is a remembrance about the main surgeons who have made that surgery have reached levels of excellence in Mexico, which worked mainly during the 1st half of the 20th century, although some of them are out of this period, the surgical specialties in which they stood out, as well as in which institutions they worked, and some of the surgical techniques recommended by them. Some great doctors who were their students are mentioned.
Se hace un recuerdo de los principales cirujanos que han hecho que la cirugía en México haya alcanzado niveles de excelencia, que trabajaron principalmente en la primera mitad del siglo XX (aunque algunos de ellos se salgan de este periodo), las especialidades quirúrgicas en que destacaron, así como en qué instituciones trabajaron, y algunas de las técnicas quirúrgicas preconizadas por ellos. Se mencionan algunos grandes médicos que fueron sus alumnos.
