Catalan physicians’ contributions to medicine: a historical view through eponyms

In medicine, it is common to name physical symptoms, syndromes or diseases after those personalities who first described them. It is what is known as eponyms. For almost 20 years, the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation has compiled a hundred contributions from Catalan doctors to the history of medicine thanks to the work of doctors Elena…

2021

La ciencia oculta (The Hidden Science)

Galileo, Newton, Gauss, Einstein. If we review the list of the great heroes of science, something attracts attention. There are practically no women. We naturally meet Marie Curie, but we do not know the name of many other scientists who had to face all kinds of difficulties to carry out their discoveries due to her…

2017

Diccionari de recerca clínica de medicaments (Dictionary of clinical medicine research)

Fifteen years of work, 200 pages, seven subject areas, almost 900 terms, 150 of of them standardized in Catalan. These are some of the figures concerning the Diccionari de recerca clínica de medicaments  (Dictionary of clinical medicine research), the work tool for clinical research experts, which was presented in Barcelona on 18 December 2014. The…

2014

Els medicaments i jo

Full document Full document [wpdm id=1263 type=”btn”] Chapters Introducció [wpdm id=1264 type=”btn”] 1. Què és un medicament? [wpdm id=1265 type=”btn”] 2. Què passa quan prenem un medicament [wpdm id=1266 type=”btn”] 3. Com actuen els medicaments [wpdm id=1267 type=”btn”] 4. Poden fer mal els medicaments? [wpdm id=1268 type=”btn”] 5. Com es descobreixen els medicaments? [wpdm id=1269…

2014

Los misterios del sistema inmunitario. Cómo protege nuestro cuerpo

After the success of the Catalan version, of which 3,000 copies have been distributed free of charge in libraries and education centres, the Esteve Foundation and the Spanish Society for Immunology is now publishing the Spanish version of the international book, Your amazing? immune system. How it protects your body, which seeks to bring immunology closer…

2014

Els misteris del sistema immunitari. Com protegeix el nostre cos

In 2008, The Japanese Immunology Foundation published a book to help young people aged 10 to 14 years better understand the functioning of the immune system. After being impressed by its educational potential, European researchers decided to finance an English translation of the book. Your Amazing immune system was published in 2009 by the European…

2010

Bertomeu JR, Nieto A. Chemistry, Medicine, and Crime. Mateu J.B. Orfila (1787-1853) and his times. Science History Publications, Watson Publishing International 2006

Mateu Josep Bonaventura Orfila i Rotger (1787-1853) was a well-known figure in European medical circles in the nineteenth century. His active participation in famous poisoning trials meant that his name echoed far beyond the boundaries of the academic community, and even appeared in novels, plays, films, and popular biographies. Orfila combined his forensic research and…

2006