title: The Tinea Hospital in Granada, 1679-1923: an institution with a long history.
abstract: The Tinea hospital in Granada, Spain, was a charitable health facility founded in the 17th century and still treating patients well into the 20th century. The hospital accepted patients from anywhere, not only those residing in the surrounding area. We describe the hospital's founding and the characteristics of the patients and caregivers. We also discuss how tinea was considered at the time, including the typology and treatment protocols applied as well as diet and hygiene measures used. It is striking that a hospital so focused on treating a single disease did not produce studies on the condition or on the application of contemporary knowledge to guide treatment.
authors.affiliation: Historia de la Medicina y Dermatología Médico Quirúrgica y Venereología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Girón
authors.affiliation: Historia de la Medicina y Dermatología Médico Quirúrgica y Venereología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lozano
authors.affiliation: Historia de la Medicina y Dermatología Médico Quirúrgica y Venereología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España. Electronic address: salvio@ugr.es.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serrano-Ortega
mesh_terms: D003880:Dermatology / Q000266:history*; D004032:Diet; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D019372:Orphanages / Q000266:history; D013030:Spain; D014005:Tinea / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Dermatology; Dermatología; Granada; Historia; History; Hospital de la Tiña; Tinea Hospital