Historical background of the Course of Medicine at the Federal University of Ouro Preto

Although the birth of the Course of Medicine at the Federal University of Ouro Preto is sustained in a long itinerary of historical background, the evidences and chronology of this past remain obscure. The aim of this study is, by means of historical sources and literature review, clarify and substantiate the facts that permeate and those that culminated with the implementation of the Course of Medicine in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais.