title: [The beginnings of public health studies in Renaissance Spain].
abstract: A very brief synthesis is provided of the findings of the historical research the author first began more than forty years ago as to the initial beginnings of the studies on public health in Renaissance Spain. The role played by royal power from the standpoint of the beginnings of the modern State, the influence of Hippocratic environmentalism, keeping up cleanliness-related privileges at the personal level, the first beginnings of hygiene on a widespread basis in related to the plague epidemics and the contributions to medical care conditioned by the change in poverty-related values are discussed in turn.
authors.affiliation: Catedrático jubilado de Historia de la Medicina, Fundador del Instituto de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación López Piñero, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Valencia.
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: López Piñero
mesh_terms: D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene / Q000266:history; D010930:Plague / Q000266:history; D011203:Poverty; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain