[Academician D. Pedro Mata on the second centenary of his birth]

On 14 June 2012 marked the second centenary of the birth of Peter Mata, one of the most unique personalities medical Spanish doctor of the panorama of the nineteenth century. On the occasion of this anniversary is concisely recalls his biography, especially as the creator of the Forensic Medicine in Spain, and recalls its activity as Academician of the Royal National Academy of Medicine, an institution that was the protagonist after reading a speech in which he called overcome the work of Hippocrates.