Free Speech in Sixteenth-Century Spanish America

Constructions of Domesticity in Nineteenth-Century Spanish America

The Vesalian movement in sixteenth-century Spain.

In the middle o f the s ix teenth-century under the direct inf luence o f Vesalius's works there arose in Spain a m o v e m e n t devoted to the renewal o f anatomical knowledge. It was one o f the initial forces in the spread o f the Vesalian reform, bu t in spite o f that it has been almost comple te ly ignored by specialized historical research. 1 The purpose o f this article is to provide a...

Venereal diseases in sixteenth-century England.

THRmE SEEMS to have been a certain amount of despondency on the early history of syphilis in England. Several authorities have remarked what little record there is of venereal disease in the sixteenth century in England compared with continental Europe. Astrucl names only four British medical authors on venereal disease before 1600 compared with two hundred other European sources, and even then...

Monastic poor relief in sixteenth-century England.

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Physicians and surgeons in sixteenth-century Venice.

THE RELATIONSHIP between physicians and surgeons was of fundamental concern to the medical profession in the sixteenth century as in other periods. The superior position enjoyed by the physicians has long been recognized. It was they who controlled medical education in the universities, and, to a considerable extent, medical practice in the towns. Their training, which in Italy included up to e...