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BANOS, Josep E; RICO, Miranda  y  GUARDIOLA, Elena. The university and the medical studies in El árbol de la ciencia of Pío Baroja. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2020, vol.23, n.4, pp.167-171.  Epub 16-Nov-2020. ISSN 2014-9840.  https://dx.doi.org/10.33588/fem.234.1071.

In the last decades, the interest of literary works as an element to enhance the knowledge in the subjective issues of disease process has increased. Moreover, its pedagogical value in the teaching of health science students has been recognized to allow a better understanding of how patients feel their disease. The works of physicians-writers have the additional interest that they permit to observe the reality of their time under the double approach of literature and medicine. The present article shows a view of the medical training during the Spanish Restoration following the opinion of one of the most important Spanish writers of the twentieth century, Pío Baroja. For this purpose, we review his novel El árbol de la ciencia, an autobiographical work, as well as his personal memoirs. In both, Baroja had a high pessimistic view of his medical training and of his university professors that has been compared with data from other authors. We conclude that literary works of physicians-writers are of interest to learn about their specific time but should be compared with historical sources to evaluate the subjective component of each author in the right way.

Palabras clave : Medical literature; Pío Baroja; Physicians-writers; Spanish Restoration; University education.

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