Antoni de Martí i Franquès and the debate about yellow fever in Barcelona in the early’s ninety

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  • Agustí Camós Cabeceran Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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XIXth century, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, yellow fever, Martí Franquès, Antoni Cibat, Llorenç Presas, Francesc Salvà, spontaneous generation, Inquisition

Abstract

Antoni de Martí, chemist and naturalist also made some medical research. Like many other contemporary medical doctors and surgeons from Catalonia such as Francesc Salvà and Antoni Cibat, he also investigated the «yellow fever» impressed by the outbreak occurred in 1803 in Barcelona. Taking into account his work about the composition of the air and the writings from Llorenç Presas inspired by Marti’s ideas, we know that he did not trust that diseases were caused by changes in the proportion of atmospheric gases, which related the origin of infectious agents with the spontaneous generation. Instead of this, he thought that these agents might be propagated by
the air.

Key words: XIXth century, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, yellow fever, Martí Franquès, Antoni Cibat, Llorenç Presas, Francesc Salvà, spontaneous generation, Inquisition

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Vol. 9 (2016)

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