Verónica Mateo Ripoll. On an unknown edition of the Reprobación de supersticiones by the master Pedro Ciruelo. Dynamis, 2002, 22, 437- 459. 

Summary

1.—Bibliographic news. 2.— An edition tentatively placed in several cities. 3.—Topobibliographic description. 4.—Subjects and factors of the work: the author, the printer and the engraver. 4.1.—The xylographies of Juan de Vingles. 4.2.—The professional career by Pedro Ciruelo. Brief notes. 4.3.— Sorting out with the printing materials. 5.—By way of conclusion.

Abstract

Abstract The aim of the article is the analysis and description of one of the editions of the well-known Reprobación de supersticiones by the master Pedro Ciruelo. To be exact, it is the first edition, as we will demonstrate through the text, which was undiscovered until now. We proceed to the description of a copy kept at the library of the Diocesan Seminary of San Miguel de Orihuela. In addition to the more formal aspects, the evolution and development of the author, printer and engraver are extremely important for dating this printed work.

Mikel Astrain Gallart. Medical practice in the Castilian rural setting. The Memorial (Account) by Vicente Crespo (1785).Dynamis, 2002, 22, 461- 472. 

Summary

1.—Introduction. 2.—The rural setting and medical practice in early modern Spain. 3.—Rationalisation in the regulation of medical work in small towns and villages. 4.—Conclusions.

Abstract

The aim of this note is to analyse the life and work of rural physicians in late 18th century Spain, using a rich and unpublished manuscript written in 1785 by Vicente Crespo, a rural physician who practised in Brihuega, a town in the province of Guadalajara (Kingdom of Castile). The working conditions of this professional group were largely dependent on the control of the Real Tribunal del Protomedicato and their relations with other groups of health providers (surgeons, barbers, apothecaries and quacks). The study approaches these relations in the context of Spain as a rural society, still based on a manorial structure and with considerable power concentrated at the local level. During this period, each district attempted to hire physicians to cover their healthcare needs, by using the terms partido or medicatura to refer to the practices created.