title: [The role of the Junta Suprema de Sanidad (Supreme Board of Health) in Spanish health policy in the 18th century].
abstract: The Supreme Board of Health was the first Spanish health institution that took responsibility for health throughout the entire territory of the Crown. Established in 1720 at the behest of Felipe V, the Board was endowed of wide prerogatives from the political and administrative point of view, and was characterized by a rational, centralist stance. In practice, however, its function was limited in essence to the preservation of the Kingdom and the protection of the people's health against catastrophic diseases. It adopted measures of a defensive nature in the face of the various epidemics that occurred within the outside of Spain during the eighteenth century.
authors.affiliation: Licenciado en Geografia e Historiaa, Madrid.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Varela Peris
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: El papel de la Junta Suprema de Sanidad en la política sanitaria española del siglo XVIII.