Abstract

Maranon’s work, as a whole, is truly complex. After a preliminary, partial reading, the questions that arise are numerous and varied. The aim of this article is to analyse some of the wealth of the medical facets of these works by following some of the threads which are repeated in the literature on the author. His medical works, within the context of western medicine of the time, are still analysed from a perspective of a series of cliches. Actually from our point of view, his work is the result of a peculiar construction, based on both medical practice and personal theoretical principles which led to a model of medicine similar to that of the great reformers within the framework which Lain Entralgo has termed “present medicine”.

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  • En 1909, Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo (1887-1960) obtiene su título de médico y tras él, irá desarrollando una serie de actividades que acabarán transformándole en la primera figura de la medicina española

  • From our point of view, his work is the result of a peculiar construction, based on both medical practice and personal theoretical principles which led to a model of medicine similar to that of the great reformers within the framework which Laín Entralgo has termed “present medicine”

  • 43 Ciertamente el entusiasmo de Marañón por el papel de las ciencias experimentales en la clínica se irá matizando con el tiempo y, desde ese punto de vista, podríamos hablar de dos etapas, aunque sería más preciso entenderlo como un Gregorio Marañón, Obras completas, Madrid, Espasa-Calpe S.A., Vol I, pág

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En 1909, Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo (1887-1960) obtiene su título de médico y tras él, irá desarrollando una serie de actividades que acabarán transformándole en la primera figura de la medicina española.

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