1798. Carta de Lorenzo Merino, médico cirujano, para un participante no identificado.

Letter from Lorenzo Merino, a surgeon, to an unidentified addressee.

The author explains the addressee the poor state of health of José Collantes, who has been victim of an aggression, and the need to keep up with the prescribed medication in order to cure the bone fracture.

José Collantes was attacked and seriously injured. He was cured, but eventually died. A lawsuit was brought agaist Sebastián and Jacinto Burgos. The physicians who have cured the victim were asked to testify, and this is the letter presented by Lorenzo Merino to demonstrate his declaration.