Science and law: Mateu Orfila (1787-1853) and nineteenth-century toxicology
The main objective is to prepare a biography of Mateu Orfila dealing with the three main topics of this project: science teaching, popularisation of science and scientific expertise in courtrooms.
Medical culture before its public: the representation of medicine in golden age theater
The objective of this project is examine the representation of medicine and medical practitioners in the dramatic works of early modern Spain.
The conditioning historical-health factors in the spanish nutritional transition (1874-1975)
The project will improve historiographic knowledge of how the generalized malnutrition of the Spanish population was resolved and would contribute elements of reflection to help understand the undesired effects of the nutritional transition associated with overeating.
The Republican scientific exile. An historical evaluation 70 years later
The military coup altered the functioning of laboratories, classrooms and hospitals, and was a slap in the face for the freedom values of the scientific community. Exile, imprisonment and the disqualification of doctors and scientists meant a tremendous drain for Spanish society and an irreparable loss for the intellectual power.
Identification of the investigation groups in psychology from a gender perspective: scientific production, visibility, themes, collaboration and publication guidelines
The aim of this project is to study in depth in the study of the Spanish investigation in psychology and to offer information about the Spanish scientific production in this discipline, during the period 1999 till 2008 at national and international level.
Comparative analysis of food advertisement with health arguments and of its perception by the consumers of Spain and Portugal. Rhetorical, semiotic and attitudinal study.
Comparative analysis of food advertisement with health arguments and of its perception by the consumers of Spain and Portugal. Rhetorical, semiotic and attitudinal study.
Defining the limits and facing scientific, professional and social limitations. The poliomyelitis case.
The main objective of the project is to reconstruct polio outbreaks in the Iberian Peninsula throughout the twentieth century and their determining factors and consequences, from their appearance as emerging illness at the beginning of the century to the emergence of communities and self-help groups in the last decades.
Medicine through the daily press: Las Provincias and El Imparcial (1898-1930)
The aim of this research project is to focus on the image of medicine and health presented in Spanish daily newspapers (El Imparcial and Las Provincias) during the first third of the twentieth century.
Antipoliomyelitic health care in Spain in the twentieth century (the cases of Madrid, Valencia and Castilla-La Mancha): medical, social and political aspects
The purpose of this project is to reconstruct the history of the struggle against poliomyelitis, one of the main causes of disability in the last century, in Madrid, Valencia and Castilla-La Mancha during the twentieth century.
Fighting malnutrition in contemporary Spain and the international context 1874-1975
This project examines the importance of hunger, malnutrition and deterioration of health in this context, and the efforts of states and international organizations.
Rhetoric and culture in health-related spanish journalistic discourse
This project aims to examine the rhetorical devices or strategies used to construct a vision of human health, that is, the beliefs, attitudes, and values of a cultural and ideological nature, in Spanish journalistic discourse.
Digitisation of the Reports and Proceedings of the Valencian Medical Institute
Collaborative agreement between the Valencian Medical Institute and the Institute for the History of Medicine and Science, through the Foundation of the University of Valencia.
