Las fiebres y la plaga en la Barcelona de los años 80 del siglo XVIII
During the last stage of the Little Ice Age, the Iberian Peninsula was plunged at the end of the 18th century into a period of strong climatic irregularity, known as the Maldá Oscillation. The instability of the climate gave rise to a succession of droughts, storms, cold and heat waves which, togeth...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) |
| Repositorio: | GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/162874 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10366/162874 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 18th century public health fevers plagues Barcelona Spain siglo XVIII salud pública fiebres plagas España |
| Sumario: | During the last stage of the Little Ice Age, the Iberian Peninsula was plunged at the end of the 18th century into a period of strong climatic irregularity, known as the Maldá Oscillation. The instability of the climate gave rise to a succession of droughts, storms, cold and heat waves which, together with population growth, the lack of adequate hygiene measures and the direct and indirect impact of human productive activities, all together generated a favourable framework for the establishment of diseases and plagues that had an impact on the daily lives of those who suffered from them. In this article we will focus on the analysis of those that occurred in Barcelona in the eighties of the 18th Century, in order to understand the impact that they caused and the reactions that took place in the medical profession and among the authorities in an attempt to mitigate the consequences of these episodes. |
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