Hospitals and medical specialities

Hospitals and medical specialities

—The technological revolution in medicine in the twentieth century.—   From the end of the nineteenth century, a series of factors drove a growing process of specialisation within the health professions. The traditional general practitioner, capable...
Spaces for health action

Spaces for health action

—Changes in healthcare organisation in Spain during the twentieth century and changes in the international arenal.—   In the first half of the twentieth century, health organisation in Spain was focused on the prevention of social dominant diseases,...
Opening cadavers, a unique experiment

Opening cadavers, a unique experiment

—Born at the end of the thirteenth century, anatomical dissection went from being a sporadic rarity to a widespread experimental practice in Western scientific culture.—   The opening of a cadaver with the aim of searching inside it to learn the...
Wellcome to Sabers en acció

Wellcome to Sabers en acció

Wellcome to Sabers en acció (Knowledge(s) in Action), your online multi-linguistic textbook on the history of science, technology and medicine. Knowledge(s) in Action is new journey through the history of science, technology and medicine based on the latest...