Juan Muñoz y Peralta explained
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]
Notes and References
- http://www.ramse.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=55 Historia
- http://www.scholarly-societies.org/history/1693vtmh.html Note: De la 'Veneranda Tertulia' a la Academia de Medicina de Sevilla gives the date of founding as 1697
- Pérez, Joseph. (2006) The Spanish Inquisition: A history. Translated by Janet Lloyd. London: Profile Books, p. 40.