A physician in the age of liberal reform : Ildefonso Martínez y Fernández and medical politics in nineteenth-century Spain / Andrew W. Keitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keitt, Andrew W., author.

Series:

New hispanisms

New hispanisms: cultural and literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicians--Spain--Biography.

Physicians.

Medicine--Spain--History--19th century.

Medicine.

Martínez y Fernández, Ildefonso, 1821-1855.

Martínez y Fernández, Ildefonso.

Physical Description:

xv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Ildefonso Martínez y Fernández and medical politics in nineteenth-century Spain

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Spanish physicians constituted a crucial political force in the nineteenth century during the tumultuous process of nation-building that followed the War of Independence against the Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. Many participated in the Cortes of Cádiz, which drafted Spain's first constitution in 1812 and went on to prove highly influential in the public sphere and legislature during the liberal revolution that undertook the establishment of a new, and precarious, political order. Andrew W. Keitt's A Physician in the Age of Liberal Reform excavates the life and work of one such doctor, Ildefonso Martínez y Fernández, whose brief career coincided with the consolidation of the liberal revolution and the drive to improve and professionalize Spanish medicine. Born in 1821, Martínez was a polymath and activist whose prolific literary and scholarly output made him a fixture in the political and intellectual ferment of midcentury Spain until his untimely death in 1855 during a devastating outbreak of cholera. He produced a significant body of intellectual research, made key contributions to the profession, and cultivated a deep engagement with the political struggles of the period. His impassioned endeavors, as chronicled by Keitt, highlight the efforts of Spanish physicians to mobilize medical science toward forging a new political culture for liberal Spain"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Revolutionizing la Medicina Patria

Medical Politics and the Liberal Revolution

Spanish Medicine and the Science of Man

On the Matter of Mind

Medical Martyrs

Spain in the Time of Cholera.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Keitt, Andrew W. Physician in the age of liberal reform

ISBN:

9780807182284

0807182281

OCLC:

1477222420

Publisher Number:

90101040486