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The Hospital nursing of Lleida in the 17th century
Lorena Lourdes Tejero Vidal 1,2,3
, Carmen Torres Penella2,3
, Francisco Tejero Costa1
1
HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SANTA MARIA, Spain; 2
UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA, Faculty of Nursing, Spain; 3
FEBE, Group for the
history of Nursing in Catalonia
The hospitals that emerged throughout the middle ages in the city of Lleida were small establishments, with scarce resources and with
functions of accommodation and food supply. What made the number of people dedicated to care in them was scarce, and in many
cases it was done by couples with the help of servants.
The hospital of the Santa Maria had great influence in the entire geographical area that surrounded it since there was none between the
roads of Barcelona-Zaragoza, so many people attended it when they go sick. Medical assistance was guaranteed due to the obligation
of doctors to visit the patients in the center periodically, exempting them from paying municipal taxes and also receiving remuneration.
The aim of the study has been to make visible the nursing in the Hospital of Santa Maria during the seventeenth Century, being the
name of “Hospital General de María Santísima dels Angels de Pobres Laichs” the most common at that time.
Methodology
The methology that has been used for this study is based on the vision of the Annales School, not simplistic and highlights the narration
of the events. A double paradigmatic, interpretive and socio-critical perspective has been taken into account, for better adhering to the
interest of the study.
The social and historical space in which this research study is framed is that of the city of Lleida in the seventeenth Century. The
subjects under study were the nursing professionals who worked in the establishment.
Data collection has been carried out in two local archives: the Municipal Archive of Lleida and the “Arxiu Diocesa” of the city; used
techniques of observation, analysis and documentary interpretation of the files.
The regulation for reproduction and documentary dissemination established for each of the archives, and always requesting the
appropriate authorizations, has been taken into account for the study files.