[When was the Royal Academy of Surgery founded? What were its statutes?]

Bull Acad Natl Med. 1989 Oct;173(7):863-7; discussion 867-70.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The Royal Academy of Surgery was generally thought to have been created in 1731. In reality, it was a group called "the Academy Society of Surgery" which met at this time. The true date for the foundation of the Royal Academy of Surgery was in July 1748.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Academies and Institutes / history*
  • Academies and Institutes / organization & administration
  • General Surgery / history*
  • History, 18th Century
  • Paris