Pedro Virgili

[2] He has been described as particularly influential and was regarded as a role model by subsequent esteemed men of this profession in Spain, such as Antonio Gimbernat.

[5] Along with Jorge Juan y Santacilia, Virgili organized a scientific "assembly" which they had envisioned developing into a national academy of science in Madrid.

[6] A British medical journal of 1861 said of him "What Piquer was to scientific medicine in Spain, Pedro Virgili, his contemporary, was to scientific surgery ; but in this not so much by his writings, as through the powerful impetus he gave for its advancement by his successful organization of those separate surgical schools".

[7] One of his most notable publications was his Compendium of Midwifery, an important textbook used by new surgical colleges in Spain.

An award is also given by the City of Cádiz and the Royal Academy of Medicine in his name.