Throughout the Modern Age – marked by plagues, epidemics and death – the study of disease resulted in numerous manuals, treatises and books that attempted to provide answers to the unknown. The purpose of this volume is to understand the evolution of medicine in the Hispanic Modern Age beyond the strictly scientific field, and its relationship with the humanistic disciplines of the time.

Throughout the Modern Age – marked by plagues, epidemics and death – the study of disease resulted in numerous manuals, treatises and books that attempted to provide answers to the unknown. The purpose of this volume is to understand the evolution of medicine in the Hispanic Modern Age beyond the strictly scientific field, and its relationship with the humanistic disciplines of the time.

Throughout the Modern Age – marked by plagues, epidemics and death – the study of disease resulted in numerous manuals, treatises and books that attempted to provide answers to the unknown. The purpose of this volume is to understand the evolution of medicine in the Hispanic Modern Age beyond the strictly scientific field, and its relationship with the humanistic disciplines of the time.