Médicos en la Corte española del siglo XIX. Influencias, sociabilidad y práctica profesional

Abstract

The article presents a first analysis about healthcare in the Spanish Court during the 19th century. Emphasis will be placed on issues such as the structure and organization of such assistance in the Palace, the court doctors from a sociological perspective and the role and potential influence of outstanding chamber doctors. Some men who, for their closeness and direct professional contact with the Monarch, could handle easily in the courtly networks of power and the social relationships in the most exclusive space of mid-19th century Madrid: the Court. In this regard, the illustratives cases of Pedro Castello Ginesta and Tomas del Corral y Ona stand out. All this from an interdisciplinary approach under the imbrication of methodological elements from the history of medicine and the new political history.