title: [Medical consultation: a practice in the 18th century].
abstract: This paper outlines a typology of medical consultation in the 18th century, with emphasis on those carried out with the physicians present. This practice did not differ from that of previous centuries. Medical consultation, as a specifically structured procedure, served as an instrument to define the hierarchy of those present. This reflected the professional instability of the medical practice in 18th century Spain. The sources for this study include chronicles by physicians of the period that describe teh consultation sessions among doctors, gathered in what they called "Juntas", as well as written consultations.
authors.affiliation: Historia de la Medicina, Departamento de Humanidades Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona. mpleon@unav.es
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: León
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D008511:Medicine; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain