Health Professions in Zamora in the Middle of the Eighteenth Century

Abstract

Investigation into non-hospital medical care necessarily has to analyse the work conditions of health professionals, their way of life, social esteem and family structure. In these circumstances, medical care in Zamora during the middle of the 18th century rested on the figure of the barber-surgeon, who stood out among the many possible health care solutions. However, this importance was not reflected in the social pyramid, where, from the health perspective, physicians and chemists were at the top.

Keywords

• profesiones sanitarias
• zamora
• siglo xviii