Publication: Los análisis de las aguas minero-medicinales españolas: 1800-1877
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2017-02-14
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El periodo histórico que recorre el presente trabajo abarca desde 1800 hasta 1877, fecha a partir de la que aparece con periodicidad y regularidad el Anuario Oficial de las Aguas Minerales de España, que recoge las Memorias Anuales de los Establecimientos Balnearios Españoles, lo que facilita el estudio y el análisis comparativo de estas aguas, y época que ya ha sido objeto de no pocos estudios y publicaciones durante los siglos presente y pasado. El siglo XIX representa en la Historia de la Hidrología Médica española, el de mayor esplendor, atendiendo a criterios de desarrollo y actividad del sector en términos económicos y de explotación, a criterios de producción de literatura médica y científica en términos de publicaciones, reseñas e incluso publicidad en medios de comunicación – prensa escrita especializada y general – y difusión de artículos, que, en ocasiones, traducían auténticos debates e incluso enfrentamientos entre los eruditos de la época. Por otra parte en la aplicación del análisis químico a las aguas jugaron un papel importante los estudiosos de las aguas mineromedicinales buscando conocer el porqué de las virtudes terapéuticas de los manantiales, pero este análisis no resultaba fácil de realizar con los equipos y los conocimientos que disponían los analistas del siglo XVIII que consideraban los análisis del agua como la más difícil de las operaciones de química, ya que intenta descubrir esa composición, que la naturaleza al fluir y en etapas secretas, moldea el agua...
The historical period from 1800 to 1877 is the subject of this paper. From that date on, the Official Annual of Mineral Waters of Spain appeared periodically and regularly including the Annual Reports of Spanish bathing establishments, thus allowing the study and comparative analysis of these waters. This period that has been the subject of many studies and publications during the present and past centuries. However the nineteenth century represents the maximum splendor in the history of Spanish Medical Hydrology considering its expansion and activity, its economy and exploitation, the production of medical and scientific literature with publications, reviews (including media advertising) - in specialized and general press - and the great number of articles sometimes arousing interesting debates and even confrontations among scholars of the time. Moreover, the scholars dedicated to the study of mineral waters played an important role in the development of the chemical analysis of water seeking to know what was behind the therapeutic virtues of the springs. This analysis was not easy considering the equipment and knowledge of XVIII century analysts. They considered water analysis to be the most difficult chemical operations as they believed that the composition was changed by the flow of nature and in secret stages...
The historical period from 1800 to 1877 is the subject of this paper. From that date on, the Official Annual of Mineral Waters of Spain appeared periodically and regularly including the Annual Reports of Spanish bathing establishments, thus allowing the study and comparative analysis of these waters. This period that has been the subject of many studies and publications during the present and past centuries. However the nineteenth century represents the maximum splendor in the history of Spanish Medical Hydrology considering its expansion and activity, its economy and exploitation, the production of medical and scientific literature with publications, reviews (including media advertising) - in specialized and general press - and the great number of articles sometimes arousing interesting debates and even confrontations among scholars of the time. Moreover, the scholars dedicated to the study of mineral waters played an important role in the development of the chemical analysis of water seeking to know what was behind the therapeutic virtues of the springs. This analysis was not easy considering the equipment and knowledge of XVIII century analysts. They considered water analysis to be the most difficult chemical operations as they believed that the composition was changed by the flow of nature and in secret stages...
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