An exhibition from Clínic Campus CRAI Library commemorates the centenary of 'Bibliografia medical de Catalunya'

The exhibition “Història de la medicina catalana” can be visited until January 19, 2018.
The exhibition “Història de la medicina catalana” can be visited until January 19, 2018.
Academic
(07/11/2017)

The Campus Clínic CRAI Library of the University of Barcelona holds the exhibition "Història de la medicina catalana" until January 19, 2018. This is a selection of 130 works, some were part of the historical file Bibliografia medical de Catalunya, which gathered all works published by Catalan doctors until 1917.

 

The exhibition “Història de la medicina catalana” can be visited until January 19, 2018.
The exhibition “Història de la medicina catalana” can be visited until January 19, 2018.
Academic
07/11/2017

The Campus Clínic CRAI Library of the University of Barcelona holds the exhibition "Història de la medicina catalana" until January 19, 2018. This is a selection of 130 works, some were part of the historical file Bibliografia medical de Catalunya, which gathered all works published by Catalan doctors until 1917.

 

The exhibition, which aims to take back the spirit of Bibliografia medical de Catalunya, makes a new updated selection of medical works and it brings works such as the Diccionari biogràfic de metges catalans and Història de la medicina catalana. This selection has been done out of the task by Jacint Corbella i Corbella, professor of Legal Medicine and Toxicology at the University of Barcelona, and has the collaboration of  the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia.

The Bibliografia medical de Catalunya was created on the occasion of the First Congress of Catalan Language Doctors in 1913, resulting from an agreement of the congress in which it was asked to gather all works published so far by Catalan doctors, a task that was carried out in 1917 by the head of Biblioteca Arús, Eudald Canibell. The bibliographic collection of Canibell was exhibited in the "Primera exposició bibliogràfica medical de Catalunya" in 1917, in the same building of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona. However, after the exhibition, the book were stored again, and the collection was reflected in a catalogue which is the main book of the exhibition now organized by the Clínic Campus CRAI Library.

The exhibition by Clínic Campus CRAI Library gathers some of the works that were part of the 1917 collection. The aim is to present the task carried out by Catalan doctors from early 20th century and pay tribute to the centenary of that bibliographical collection.