It is a project of social science which compare and analyze the different in medicine between 1960 and nowadays

2. Silvia Calle del Olmo
Lucia Cerezo Nogales
2º Ed. Infantil ABL
Oral History project
-Fundamentos de las ciencias sociales-

3. General
• To achieve a general
perspective about the
perception of the medicine
between 1961 -1966 and the
perception of medicine
nowadays, 2010-2015.
• To know how the medicine
was practicing between 1961-
1966 and how the medicine is
practicing nowadays, 2010-
2015.
Thinking about
the medicine.
When people go
to doctors.
Thinking about
doctors.
Technologies,
medicines and
hospitals.
During the 60’s
People didn’t go frequently to the doctor.
Practicing in their houses
Nowadays
People go frequently to the doctor
During the 60’s
They normally used hand-made
remedies.
Nowadays
They consume a lot of
pills
During 60’s
They thought that the doctor were an
authority person, for it they respect
them.
Nowadays
They think that they know more
than the doctor, because they
have a solution for their healthy
problems on the Internet.

4. • It was a society led by the first year of
Franco dictatorship.
• There was a high economic development.
The minimum wage was established
(1963).
• Industrialized society was consolidated.
• It was a consumption society: first cars,
television and massive brands appeared.
• There was a modernization of the society,
women started to be importance, they
changed their large dresses for miniskirts.
It was known as “ye-yé” society.
• Students associations were born around
1965 and they wanted political and social
changes.
• In 1963 the “Ley de Bases de la Seguridad
Social” was established, it offered a high
range of healthcare coverage: illness,
maternity, old age insurances, familiar
aids…
• Bipartisan structure. Open-minded
and young society.
• There is a big crisis and, therefore,
there are many cuts in education
and in healthcare.
• There are not too much money to
finance the healthcare.
• Really technician healthcare.
• It has a bad prestige in the society.
A long the time

5. Dr. PEDRO CALLE YUSTE
• In 1947 he started his studies in medicine specializing in
endocrinology.
• In 1955 he was graduated and he was known CUM
LAUDE doctor in 1963 with a research about hepatic
cysts.
• He has worked in many hospitals such as Provincial
Hospital of Madrid, Clinico, SOE and as a doctor of APD.
• In 1960 he achieved a grant to work in Germany as a
doctor in Ruhrknappschaft Hospital and he returned to
Spain in 1961.
• He has been a medicine teacher at University since
1953.
• He gave a lot of conferences and reports and he has
published until twenty- four works in medicine
magazines: A research about the psychology and mental
hygiene published in 1952 in “ALCALA” university
magazine.
• In 1999 he was retired of Social Security but he
continued working as a doctor at home until 2006.
MARIA ROMERA NOGALES
• Maria is a nurse in La Paz.
• She studied medicine in Salus
Infirmorum (Pontificia of Salamanca
University)
• She has been the opportunity to
work in many works related with
medicine
• She loves her work and she feels that
she still practicing that profession
many time

6. The doctor was a an authority figure. The relation between the doctor and the patient was very cordial and close
because they usually treated them from childhood to adulthood. In general, doctors were not refuted on their
diagnoses.
The diagnosis were short due to the amount of patients and the few technology, some hospitals had an X-Ray machine.
This caused many errors.
People went to the doctor very often because medicines were free due to the great economic period. Doctors gave
them nutrition medicines and hand-made remedies made by pharmacists.
Medicine was practiced in hospitals, private offices and in rural places. Hospitals were known for having better doctors
and there used to go poor people and patients with pathological illnesses. Private offices were closer to people and they
believe totally in doctors. Look an example.
To sum up, Spanish medicine was very well evaluated by national and international societies. In this society, everyone
heard to the doctors and families usually gave them some gifts.

7. Medicine is a prestigious degree because they help us, but on the other hand, nowadays
the people refute the diagnostic of the doctors because of Internet.
The technologies are present in the medicine.
Nowadays there is a saturation of medicaments. People go to the doctor and want to take
antibiotics
In hospitals and in the consults, there is an overabundance of people, but, for that reason
the hospitals are proposing a suggestion that the doctors go to the houses of the patients.
Refer to the methods of diagnostic, nowadays there are more technologies that make
easier the work to the doctor, although the doctors still using the traditional method as
concealment or direct contact.

8. • Medicine in sixties began to experience great changes. They began to introduce new technologies. Whiles in society today new technologies
are very present in hospitals.
• In 60’s people came very often to the doctor, people used to go for health problems and mainly looking for food babies. Nowadays this trend
continue, there is an accumulation of people in consultations and in the waiting rooms.
• In 60’s the medicine was practiced at home and in hospitals. Nowadays the medicine is practicing in hospitals although this is beginning to
change.
• Both, in 60’s and now, work as a doctor is really valued in the society, is a prestigious degree that demand a lot of efforts. In 60’s doctors were
seen as authority people, nerveless, nowadays doctors have been losing their authority and this has been taking to Interne.
• The technologies in 60’s are limited to the X-ray machine, nowadays there is even talk of robots which perform the work of surgeons,
portable ultrasound scanners or printers which print 3D anatomical figures.
• These changes in technology have supposed changes in the way of diagnosing due to fifty years ago, diagnoses were made by the touch and
by the information with the patient gave to the doctor. Nowadays, diagnoses are more precise and for that, there are fewer errors in them.
• In 60’s medicines more demanded were hand-made ointments and lotions whereas nowadays people go to the doctor in order to obtain
antibiotics and analgesics.

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