Abstract

MARTINEZ-BARBOSA, Ma. Xóchitl. Facultad de Medicina's historical archive: Its past and present. Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.) [online]. 2013, vol.56, n.6, pp.46-53. ISSN 2448-4865.

The Historical Archive of the Faculty of Medicine, located in the Old Palace School of Medicine was formed and organized a little over fifty-five years ago by Dr. Francisco Fernandez del Castillo. In this repository is safeguarded institutional memory from the foundation of the Establishment of Medical Sciences, to mediate the past century. In order to raise awareness of this rich legacy that has the Faculty of Medicine, this article shows the history of its formation, in addition to remember that medical graduates of the old National School of Medicine, drew on the past of that information to the writing medical historical contributions.

Keywords : Medical History; Historical Archives; School of Medicine.