sentences:  The first medical book written in Colombia was ""Tratado de medicina y modelo de curar en estas partes de Indias"" () by Pedro Fernandez de Valenzuela (1662).In 1740, don Vicente Tomás Cansino started the medical program at Our Lady of the Rosary University.The medical care at the time was made almost exclusively in the particular homes of the sick people due lo the lack of health institutions.