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The major mother of the Holy Well hospital-sanctorum fulfilled a transcendental paper in the maintenance of that institution. Even exceeded its functions, proposing, suggesting and making proposals even without the permission of his patronage that was the Brotherhood of the Mercy that was directing the Pious House of analogous name. The free interference of the major mother in the management of Holly Well often allowed by the Mercy provoked for the bishopric the first problem of consideration as the dismissal of the major mother Feliciana of Holy Teresa and chaplain at the request of vicar the Brotherhood of Mercy obeyed in 1737. However, soon after the incident, the same major mother proposed by the vicar resumed her leadership role absolutely necessary to maintain the Pozo Santo and the brotherhood of Mercy understood and accepted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The reform of psychiatric care, driven by legislative changes implemented throughout the Second Spanish Republic, proposed improvements in the professionalization of caregivers of psychiatric facilities. By Decree of May 16, 1932 junior staff was organized in Practitioners of Medicine and Surgery diploma nurses and psychiatric nurses; and the Diploma in Psychiatric Nurse was regulated. By the Decree of May 17, 1932 the official curriculum was published for this degree and the July 5, 1932, the basis of a competition for a work that would fit the agenda. Psychiatric Superior Council elected and recommended "La asistencia al enfermo mental"(1933) by Luis Valenciano Gaya. The aim of this paper is to analyze the content of the book, including the care the mentally ill needed, as well as physical and attitudinal requirements for being "psychiatric nurse". It also seeks to value the importance of the manual, while it was not the first published in Spanish, truly presented a national circulation and became the reference work for psychiatric nurses in the 30s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Numismatics is the hobby and art of collecting coins and banknotes from different eras and cultures. The reasons minted in various currencies allow us to know historical facts, empires, monarchs, evolution of art, customs and even allow us to display care related phenomena. This paper attempts to locate and identify world coins with images related to the practice of breastfeeding minted from 1900 to 2013 and its subsequent analysis using iconographic methodology. The currencies behave like an interesting and original source of study, yet to be discovered in its entirety, for the construction of the History of the Care and Nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After highlighting the initiatives and original contributions of the Practitioners' Council of Alicante to the history of festivities and institutional commemorations of the profession at provincial and national levels, this paper provides an anthropological view of the most original festivity, that has the most social influence: the "Mother Practitioner's Tribute", which has been held for over more than a decade (1959-1970) in the province of Alicante to honor the eldest mother of the group of referees. It explains in detail the festivity's philosophy and the way of celebrate it are detailed. The circumstances, people and places concerned in each one of the tributes' editions, which information has been obtained investigating both professional press and general newspapers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Throughout this paper we analyze the influence of St. John of God in healing, because in different and multiple databases appear manifest and publications which mentioned the Holy of St. John of God as a contributor to the care of the sick. Objective: Describe the contributions and impact of San Juan de Dios in the care of the sick, it made for an analytical reflection on them and evaluating whether there is a parallel with the current reality health. Methodology: Performing a literature review through a systematic search of the terms: St. John of God, Care, Culture and Sick in databases: ENFISPO, Dialnet, PubMed, Cochrane Library SciELO and Virtual Andalusian Public Health System, and subsequent reflective analysis of existing documentary research. Conclusions: The contributions of San Juan de Dios involve the implementation of a new culture of care, concerning both organization and to changes in the ways of conceiving the disease, which even today still existing today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper intends to be a biographic summary of Rodolfo del Castillo-Quartiellers (1845-1917), a famous ophthalmologist from Cádiz and renowned follower of Spanish medical positivism tendencies. A particular analysis of his major publications in the field of medical historiography in antiquity is also presented, focusing on his study about the Code of Hammurabi as well as on Egyptian, Greek and Roman medicines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The midwife has traditionally been developing his practice over the centuries in the field of reproductive health of women developing care, teaching, expertise, religious functions and as an adviser in this matter. Despite being an occupation or trade as old as humanity itself, as recorded is in countless testimonies written and iconographic, are relatively rare research work carried out on this profession in late medieval and early modern age. We intend as a central objective of this paper show and analyze some documentary sources dated between the 15th and 18th centuries that provide a rich information about the daily work of these professionals, since its formation until the tasks that were usually: meet delivery, care during pregnancy and puerperium, give advice to women in all matters relating to their sexuality, even engaged in practices not legal as it was the practice of abortion, all of which made him a frequent object of suspicion by the Court of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. are three sources that are analysed: a public letter from birth, a pastoral visit, specifically made to the Sevillian town of Mairena del Alcor, and a process or auto de Fé against a Mexican midwife. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The figure of the nurse Elizabeth Kenny has been notably recognized in all studies related to poliomyelitis, since her therapeutic methods generated a great controversy with the medical community at that time. The nursing care procedures developed by Ms. Kenny in people suffering poliomyelitis have been the objective of several research works. Those works were focused on her as a therapist, but they hardly highlighted her role as a nurse. This is a fact that remains clear in the few papers on her figure from this point of view. This topic is of a great importance since the work performed by nurses is not often appreciated outside their own professional field, as it was the case for F. Nightingale. Ms. Kenny's work is well known and recognized in medicine and physiotherapy. In this way it is important to notice that it was Ms. Kenny's experience as a nurse what allowed her to introduce some pioneer care procedures that improved the outcome of people affected by poliomyelitis. In this study, we analyze the significance and repercussion of the work done by Elizabeth Kenny in the nursing care field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we present a study on Philip Roth's latest novel, Nemesis, in which the American writer reflects on the epidemic of polio in Newark (1944) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]