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)Historia Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Sevilla, 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2014.Note: De la 'Veneranda Tertulia' a la Academia de Medicina de Sevilla gives the date of founding as 1697. Archived here. and attended King Philip V.
In 1724, he and Diego Mateo Zapata were both denounced to the Spanish Inquisition as judaisers.Pérez, Joseph. (2006) The Spanish Inquisition: A history. Translated by Janet Lloyd. London: Profile Books, p. 40.
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