Pioneer 1907 doctoral thesis on emergency medicine in Spain: %26quot;The scope of emergency surgery in Casas de Socorro%26quot;

作者：Maria Fernandez Guerrero Ines; Fernandez Cano Antonio

来源：Emergencias, 2013, 25(5): 409-414.

• History of emergency medicine
• Doctoral thesis
• Spain
• Emergency care facilities
• Retrospective study, documents

This review and commentary of the doctoral thesis defended by Dr. Manuel Pascual Alonso in 1907, summarizes this pioneering author%26apos;s account of the material and instrumental conditions in the emergency care facilities known as casas de socorro (first-aid or rescue facilities), the true forerunners of today%26apos;s emergency health services. Dr. Pascual describes physician staffing and surgical practices in these centers. The thesis sheds light on the history of Spanish emergency medicine, revealing that Spain has a worthy, centuries-long tradition of emergency medical practice that has been underappreciated until now.

• 出版日期2013-10