[The Faculté de médecine de Douai and the schools of surgery from their origins to the Revolution].

The University of Douai and its College of medicine were founded on January, 6th 1560. A Bull written by Pie IV made official the request of Philip II, King of Spain to own a roman catholic University in a French speaking country in order to face the universities more or less devoted to the Reformation. Two, then three royal chairs taught not only medicine, but also the art of surgery and anatomy. The influence of the College of medicine in Douai was the same as the other 22 Colleges that existed in France in the beginning of the 18th century.