José María Albiñana

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Photograph of José María Albiñana published in Mundo Gráfico, number 5 of 29 noviembre 1911

José María Albiñana (13 October 1883 – 23 August 1936) was a Spanish

neurologist, medical writer, philosopher and anti-republican right-wing politician.[1]

Born in

Partido Nacionalista Español
.

Medicine

Albiñanawas an academic of the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina of Spain where he was awarded for his work in medical philosophy Concepto actual de la Filosofía médica y su valor en el desarrollo de la Medicina.

Albiñana founded the newspaper La Sanidad Civil in order to vindicate the rights of medical professionals, and was funded by the state. In 1920 he was elected to the chair of History of Medicine at the

University of Alcala but without success and later distanced himself from university life. From his early 20s he began publishing medical literature and philosophy. His notable works of his first 20 years in the profession are shown below in his published works. Albiñana later became a supporter of eugenics.[2]

Mexico

Albiñana was expelled from Mexico during the Plutarco Elías Calles (pictured) regime

In the 1920s, Albiñana continued his activity in

Hispanic-American
way of life and attended many conferences, publishing a multitude of new works and three autobiographical novels: Sol de Levante (Gerardo Sisniega, México, 1923), Aventuras Tropicales. En busca del oro verde (Madrid, 1928) and Bajo el cielo mejicano (Cía. Ibero-Americana de Publicaciones Madrid, 1930).

Albiñana's time in Mexico was marred by political unrest and violence. Madero had been assassinated in 1913, Emiliano Zapata in 1919, Pancho Villa in 1923 and Carranza in 1920. Farmer revolts, coup d'etats and crime became the political norm. Obregón was assassinated in 1928 and the Cristero War broke out with the cristeros representing the aspiration of the Mexican Catholics. Such was the mistrust of foreigners during this period, that Albinana was later expelled from the country under Plutarco Elías Calles[3]

Burgos delegate

Albiñana returned to Spain in

Villarcayo and Medina de Pomar, and the installation and creation of Burgos Airport
, securing important subsidies and investors to develop the region.

Assassination and tribute

Albiñana was murdered along with other prominent politicians by militia men during the Cárcel Modelo massacre. With the triumph of the Nationalist faction, streets in several localities, mainly in his native Valencia, were dedicated to him.

Published works

  • La medicina en verso. Colección de humoradas médico-literarias, (1904)
  • Fraternidad y cultura. Medios que pueden ponerse en práctica por el Estado, corporaciones o particulares para auxiliar a los estudiantes que no dispongan de medios de fortuna (Valencia, 1905)
  • La medicación catodilítico-fosfatada en el tratamiento de la neurastenia Congreso de la Asociación Española para el progreso de la Ciencia (Zaragoza, 1908)
  • Orientación de la juventud ante el problema religioso (Valencia, 1910)
  • Los crímenes del caciquismo: la tragedia de El Pobo. Defensa del médico don Alfredo Alegre. Informe presentado en el jucio oral ... (Madrid, 1918)
  • La ignorancia de las Academias (Madrid, 1918)
  • Cooperación española a la formación de la Escuela Médica de Montellier Primer Congreso Internacional de la Historia de la Medicina ( Amberes, 1920)
  • Desarrollo de las Comunidades Espirituales (192?)
  • Programa para un curso de Historia Crítica de la Medicina (1921)
  • La situación de México vista desde España Ateneo de Madrid (Madrid, 1921)
  • Sol de Levante (Gerardo Sisniega, México, 1923)
  • Aventuras Tropicales. En busca del oro verde (Madrid, 1928)
  • Bajo el cielo mejicano (Cía. Ibero-Americana de Publicaciones Madrid, 1930)

Bibliography

  • Luis Palacios Bañuelos, Elecciones en Burgos 1931-1936. El Partido Nacionalista Español, Publicaciones de la Cátedra de Historia Contemporánea de España. Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 1981.
    ISBN 84-300-3447-1
  • ISBN 84-362-4240-8
  • Asvero Gravelli, ''Verso L'Internazionale Fascista", Roma 1.932[4]
  • María Concepción Marcos del Olmo, La Segunda República en Burgos, en Historia de Burgos, Diario16 de Burgos, 1993.
    ISBN 84-604-6088-6
  • Luis Palacios Bañuelos, La Segunda República en Burgos, En Historia de Burgos, tomo IV, Caja de Burgos, Burgos, 2002.
    ISBN 84-87152-75-9
  • Arnaud Imatz, José Antonio, entre el odio y el amor. Su historia como fue. Madrid, Áltera, 2006.
    ISBN 978-84-89779-90-7

References

  1. ^ The Splintering of Spain, p. 29 CUP 2005
  2. ISBN 978-0-8071-4633-0
    .
  3. ISBN 84-931097-2-X
  4. ^ El autor se centra en el estudio del caso español, prestando un especial interés en la figura del Dr. Albiñana

External links

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