Abstract

ERKOREKA, Anton  and  HERNANDO PEREZ, Josu. Basque museum of History of Medicine and Science. JONNPR [online]. 2021, vol.6, n.12, pp.1476-1485.  Epub Nov 07, 2022. ISSN 2529-850X.  https://dx.doi.org/10.19230/jonnpr.4180.

The Basque Museum for the History of Medicine and Science is currently a recognized research center in the history of pandemics and in the relationship between physics and industry in 20th century society. In this center, museum and research functions are combined. It is located on the Campus of Biscay (Leioa) of the University of the Basque Country, UPV / EHU. Founded in 1982, during these 40 years of existence it has gathered more than 6,000 objects from the 19th and 20th centuries related to the history of medicine and science that are exhibited in 24 rooms. As the culmination of its research activity, the Museum has published more than fifty books and its researchers have published a large number of articles and books in national and international specialized publishers in the history of medicine and science.

Keywords : History of medicine; history of pandemics; history of science; museums of the history of medical sciences; medicine in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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