The Water Controversy in the Seville of the Royal Society (1735-1740): Doctors Ortiz Barroso and Vázquez de Cortés, and the Philosopher Monks Feijoo and Nájera

The «universal» water treatment, advocated and defended by Seville’s appointed official doctor, Juan Vázquez de Cortés, was strongly contested and refuted by the Galenist José Ortiz Barroso, an important member of the Royal Medical Society of Seville, generating a controversy that culminated in a se...

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Main Author: Juan José GÓMIZ LEÓN
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Salamanca 2014-02-01
Series:Cuadernos Dieciochistas
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Online Access:http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1576-7914/article/view/11492