Articles Volume 24 (2004)
The insigne and suntuoso Royal Hospital of Granada (II). Officers and
servants in a general hospital (1526-1535) (Spanish)
JOSÉ VALENZUELA CANDELARIO
Summary
1.—Introduction. 2.—The forging of a general hospital. 2.1.—The Tower
of the Contagious. 2.2.—The annexation of the House of the Insane
3.—The officers of the Hospital Real. 4.—Conclusion
Abstract
After the merging of the two hospitals founded by the Catholic Kings, the
Royal Council of Granada extended the centralisation of medical care by
incorporating the municipal House of the Insane in the process. The new
Royal Hospital, re-founded as a general hospital, offered alms (bread),
gave medical and spiritual care to patients with pox and looked after the
insane. This was done using officers from the old Alhambra hospital, who
found an opportune salvation in the new buildings. Their administrators
directed an institution that was highly committed to the dynamics of patronage
and client subordination.
Associations of herbalists and spagyric gatherings: the court circle of
Diego de Cortavila (1597-1657) (Spanish)
MAR REY BUENO
Summary
1.—Introduction. 2.—Diego de Cortavila, court apothecary. 3.—The botanical
garden of Diego de Cortavila. 4.—Manuscript of American medical material:
Cortavila, owner of the Cruz-Badiano codex. 5.—Medical material and
Spagyrism: the development of two scientific activities at the Madrid court
(1597-1657). 5.1.—Sparygic gatherings. 5.2.—Associations of Herbalists.
6.—By way of conclusion.
Abstract
This study analyses the work and personality of Diego de Cortavila, a
Spanish royal apothecary who owned a notable botanical garden at the
Spanish court in the first half of seventeenth century. It is particularly
focused on his scientific, personal and professional relationships with other
physicians and apothecaries who were, like him, concerned about natural
history and chemical medicine.