Pilar GardetaSabater. Discurso sobre una enfermedad social: La lepra en el Virreinato de Nueva Granada en la transición de los siglos XVIII y XIX. Dynamis, 1999, 19, 401-428.

Sumario

1.-Introducción. 2.-El Virreinato y el mal de San Lázaro. 2.1.-Síntomas. 2.2.-Etiopatogenia. 2.3.-Tratamiento. 2.4.-Hospitales de San Lázaro.

Resumen

The significance of leprosy in the Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada in the transition from the 17th to the 18th century is analyzed. In addition, we analyze treatments recommended by physicians in the viceroyalty, which were closely related with the etiology and pathogenesis which all doctors attributed to Saint Lazarus's disease. The diversity of opinions led to different therapeutic measures, not only with regard to alleviating the patient's symptoms, but also with a view to preventing spread to the rest of the population. As a guiding theme we use the theories defended by the most representative physicians in the viceroyalty, and the views of patients themselves and of the society they lived in.

Abstract

The significance of leprosy in the Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada in the transition from the 17th to the 18th century is analyzed. In addition, we analyze treatments recommended by physicians in the viceroyalty, which were closely related with the etiology and pathogenesis which all doctors attributed to Saint Lazarus's disease. The diversity of opinions led to different therapeutic measures, not only with regard to alleviating the patient's symptoms, but also with a view to preventing spread to the rest of the population. As a guiding theme we use the theories defended by the most representative physicians in the viceroyalty, and the views of patients themselves and of the society they lived in.

RicardoCampos. La teoría de la degeneración y la clínica psiquiátrica en la España de la Restauración. Dynamis, 1999, 19, 429-456.

Sumario

1.-Introducción. 2.-La herencia morbosa y la degeneración. 3.-La relativización de la herencia. Las degeneraciones adquiridas. 4.-Los estigmas psíquicos y físicos. 5.-Límites y críticas a la teoría de la degeneración.

Resumen

La historiografía española sobre el degeneracionismo ha estado centrada principalmente en aspectos como la criminalidad, el alcoholismo, o su influencia en la literatura naturalista. En este sentido, es muy significativa la falta de trabajos sobre el impacto que tuvo dicha teoría entre los psiquiatras españoles desde el punto de vista clínico. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar la clínica psiquiátrica en relación con el degeneracionismo. Dada la amplitud del tema, nos ceñimos sólo a tres pasectos: la herencia morbosa y la naturaleza de la degeneración, los estigmas físicos y psíquicos, y los límites del degeneracionismo. Las fuentes utilizadas son artículos, folletos, tratados psiquiátricos, etc. 

Abstract

Spanish historiography on degenerationism has focussed on topics such as criminality, alcoholism, or its influence on naturalistic literature. From this perspective the lack of studies on how this theory affected psychiatrists in Spain is noteworthy. The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between clinical psychiatry and degenerationism. We stress three topics: morbid heredity and the nature of degeneration, physical and psychic stigmas, and the boundaries of degenerationism. To this end we examine different sources that include articles in the medical press, pamphlets and psychiatric treatises.