Oracion inaugural que en elogio de la cirugia, y para dar principo al curso teorico-practico de esta facultad
Subtitle: que por disposicion del señor visitador, e intendente de exército de esta isla se va á abrir nuevamente en el Real Hospital de San Ambrosio de esta ciudad el dia 1 de marzo de 1797
By: Leyó el licenciado don Francisco Xavier de Cordoba cirujano médico jubilado de la Real Armada, y mayor por S. M. de los hospitales de exército de esta plaza
Publisher: En la Imprenta de don Estaban Boloña. Familiar de la Inquisition, y su impresor. Con licencia del superior gobierno.
Published: 1797
Place of publication: Havana MDCCXCVII
Language: spa
Subjects: Medicine; Surgery; Speeches, addresses, etc., Cuban; Real Hospital de San Ambrosio (Havana, Cuba)
Notes: Roman numeral date printed after place of publication on title page.

According to Trelles this is the first work on surgery printed in Cuba.

Medina, Trelles and Bachiller all index printed date of "el dia 6 de april" in their bibliographies; according to Bachiller, the oration was delivered on the day of April 6, 1797.

Signatures: all leaves unsigned.

Engraved vignette of the royal arms of Spain on title page.

Medina, J.T. Imprenta en La Habana (1707-1810), 150.

Trelles, C.M. Bibliografía cubana de los siglos XVII y XVIII, p. 172.

Bachiller y Morales, A. Apuntes para la historia de las letras y de la instrucción pública en la isla de Cuba, I: p. 84.

John Carter Brown Library copy has date of oration on title page crossed out and given in ms. hand as "el dia 6 de april"

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: all leaves closely cropped at head of text block, affecting page numberings; p. XXII and XXIII have bold markings in purple pen which affects some lines of text on those pages; a purple ink stamp has been erased from p. [3], 1st count.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in modern full calf.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund.