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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 3, 2019

Discvrsos del amparo de los legitimos pobres.

Publication Details

Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1598 CE.

A plan for a state-funded public health system and poor relief program. An emblem introduces each of the ten essays, which treat hospital sanitation and kitchen gardens, care of disabled veterans, prisoners and the indigent, housing for the working poor and government subsidized textile and tapestry manufacture to employ the homeless. Digital text from cervantesvirtual.com at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#10727
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/12921
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLdiscvrsos-del-amparo-de-los-legitimos-pobres

Geographic Context

Publication place: Madrid