Juan Muñoz y Peralta

Juan Muñoz y Peralta (1695–1746) was a Spanish physician from Seville who in 1693 founded the Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Sevilla (The Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Seville)[1][2] and attended King Philip V.

In 1724, he and Diego Mateo Zapata were both denounced to the Spanish Inquisition as judaisers.[3]

References
  1. Historia Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Sevilla, 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2014. Archived here.
  2. Note: De la 'Veneranda Tertulia' a la Academia de Medicina de Sevilla gives the date of founding as 1697. Archived here.
  3. Pérez, Joseph. (2006) The Spanish Inquisition: A history. Translated by Janet Lloyd. London: Profile Books, p. 40. ISBN 1861976224
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