Abstract

HERRERA-RODRIGUEZ, Francisco  and  MARIN-PAZ, Antonio Jesús. Pedro Máximo Ruiz and the municipal antimalarial dispensary in Jerez de la Frontera (Report of the 1937 campaign). Temperamentvm [online]. 2021, vol.17, e13448.  Epub Jan 27, 2023. ISSN 1699-6011.

In this article we offer data on the report made by Pedro Máximo Ruiz, Director of the Jerez de la Frontera Municipal Antimalarial Dispensary, specifically on the campaign against this disease carried out in 1937, including in his report not only Jerez but also statistics of patients from other towns in the province and from other localities atended by the Dispensary. They are also analyzed, among other aspects, the most frequent clinical forms of malaria, clinical examinations, laboratory tests and medication dispensed to patients, as well as the proposals for improvement in the fight against malaria carried out by Pedro Máximo. Documentation is also provided for the study of malaria in Jerez de la Frontera from the 1930s to the late 1950s.

Keywords : Malaria; Antimalarial Dispensary; Pedro Máximo Ruiz; Civil War; Postwar period; Jerez de la Frontera; Province of Cadiz; Spain.