Pilar Gardeta Sabater. Discourse on a Social Illness: Leprosy in the Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada in the transition from the 17th to the 18th century (Article in Spanish). Dynamis, 1999, 19, 401-428.

Summary

1.-Introduction. 2.-The viceroyalty and Saint Lazarus's disease. 2.1.-Symptoms. 2.2.-Etiology and pathogenesis. 2.3.-Treatment. 2.4.-Hospitals ascribed to Saint Lazarus.

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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.

Ricardo Campos. Degeneration Theory and Clinical Psychiatry in Restoration Spain (Article in Spanish). Dynamis, 1999, 19, 429-456.

Summary

Degeneration Theory and Clinical Psychiatry in Restoration Spain (Article in Spanish). 5.-Límites y críticas a la teoría de la degeneración.

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.