The Balmis's expedition

Libro de Actas

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1803 - 1820

Libro de Reales Ordenes y actas concernientes a la Expedición Filantrópica de la Vacuna; y la mejor conservación y propagación del fluido. Vice presidente el oidor de esta Real Audiencia Don Manuel García Plata.

Fondo del Instituto Nacional de Salud [del Perú]

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The Junta was constituted by a president, the Viceroy; a co-presidency, the archbishop of Lima; members without the right to vote: consulting doctors (1) and secretaries (2); members with the right to vote: a vice-president (3), alcaldes (4), regidores and procuradores as part of the cabildo (5), a member of the cabildo eclesiástico and a priest from the Sagrario (6), a member from the Real Hacienda (7), two influential citizens (8), and a military man (9). These are represented by the following colors in the database:

  1. Consulting doctors: in brown in the «Assistants» columns.
  2. Secretaries: in blue in the «Assistants» and «Signed by» columns.
  3. Vice-president(s): in red in the «Assistants» and «Signed by» columns.
  4. Alcades: in green in the «Assistants» and «Signed by» columns.
  5. Regidores and Procuradores: in yellow in the «Assistants» and «Signed by» columns.
  6. Cabildo eclesiástico and Priest of the Sagrario: in purple in the «Assistants» and «Signed by» columns.
  7. Real Hacienda: in pink in the «Assistants» and «Signed by» columns.
  8. Influential citizens: in grey in the «Assistants» and «Signed by» columns.
  9. Military men: in orange in the «Assistants» and «Signed by» columns.