La medicina en busca de público: España, siglos XIX y XX

Approaching from various angles, the articles in this dossier explore the process by which medicine became a 'service profession' within the context of the historical formation of both metropolitan and colonial Spain between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - that is, how ongoing, routine relations with a given public came to be established. The articles address facets that by and large have not been the object of much study, such as the world of military medicine, Spanish colonialism in Morocco, public health campaigns, and the intersection of medicine and forms of social security. Base...