Jorge Molero Mesa

Enfermedad y previsión social en España durante el primer franquismo (1936-1951)

The campaign against tuberculosis was one of the main health tasks undertaken by the Francoist regime from the beginning of the Civil War. At the same time, the project to introduce compulsory insurance against tuberculosis was initiated, based on the Italian model of social insurance. This article analyzes the circumstances that impeded the implementation of the insurance program. One determining factor was the division of power among the different factions of the Francoist regime, which led to the introduction of compulsory health insurance by the Falangist Party. Relevant features concerning the organization and goals of the anti-tuberculosis campaign in Spain from 1936 to 1951 are also described.

La Muerte Blanca a examen: nuevas tendencias en la historiografía de la tuberculosis. Reseña ensayo

Linda BRYDER, Below the Magic Mountain. A Social History of Tuberculosis in Twentieth-Century Britain. Michael E. TELLER, The Tuberculosis Movement. A Public Health Campaig in the Progressive Era. Dominique DESSERTINE ; Olivier FAURE, Combattre la tuberculose. 1900-1940

Brazo y cerebro

The aim of this paper is to analyze the dynamics within Spanish anarcho-syndicalism between manual workers and medical professionals who shared the anarchist ideology. The incorporation of technicians into the labour movement was a common feature in the Western world; however, while socialist organizations left health policies in the hands of physicians, anarchistEl objeto del presente trabajo es analizar la dinamica que se establecio dentro del anarcosindicalismo espanol entre los trabajadores manuales y los profesionales medicos que comulgaban con la ideologia anarquista. La incorporacion de tecnicos e intelectuales al movimiento obrero fue una caracteristica generalizada en el mundo occidental pero mientras que las organizaciones socialistas dejaban en manos de los medicos la direccion de todas sus politicas sanitarias, los sindicatos anarquistas no aceptaron estos principios tecnocraticos pues no consideraban al intelectual como el mas indicado para tomar decisiones que concernian a toda la colectividad. En este contexto, podemos observar como los profesionales de la medicina desarrollaron distintas estrategias para ser aceptados por los militantes anarcosindicalistas, los cuales, a su vez mostraban distintos niveles de aceptacion segun las distintas corrientes de pensamiento existentes en el sindicato.