Antonio de Gimbernat and his time in Madrid: The Royal College of Surgery of San Carlos

ABSTRACT

The transformation of Spanish Surgery in a modern scientific discipline takes place within the Royal Colleges of Surgery, and in all of them the figure of Antonio de Gimbernat and Arbós stands out over the rest. After completing his studies at the Royal College of Surgery of Cadiz (Real Colegio de Cirugía de Cádiz), under the tutelage of Pedro Virgili and his teaching and surgical work at the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona (Real Colegio de Cirugía de Barcelona), it is in his almost forty years of stay in Madrid when the surgeon reaches his highest scientific and professional achievements. In these years, he is responsible for the creation, operation and development of the Royal College of Surgery of San Carlos (Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos), and it is then when most of his rare but important publications were released, such as the ‘New method for operating the crural hernia’, whereby Gimbernat is considered the father of the modern surgery of this pathology. Unfortunately, the socio-political circumstances, the state of international isolation of the country and the unfair treatment received by Antonio de Gimbernat in the last years of his life diminished the impact of the work and studies of the man who for many has been the most illustrious surgeon of this country (AU)

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