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442  RESEISÏAS p econizó una in asión an iabsolu is a a a és de los Pi ineos). La ele ancia como químico y como polí ico del mencionado au o no puede e se e lejada en la selec- ción de ex os, en ocados, dado el ca àc e de la colección, a emas higiénicos o de in e ención sani a ia a g an escala. Su igu a apa ece como ep esen a i a del bulli- cioso mundo cien í ico-médico de la Espa sa ilus ada, àgicamen e us ado po la p olongada ep esión absolu is a de los gobie nos de Fe nando VII. Y no cabe des- ca a la hipó esis de que ue a p ecisamen e esa si uación la espondable del aumen o de ac i ismo polí ico de A éjula a pa i de 1814, en pa alelo decaimien o de su ac i idad cien í ica y pedagógica, p i ado de sus pues os públicos y cons e i- das sus expec a i as de p omoción, pa a e mina pe seguido incluso después de mue o, como signi ica i amen e esal a Ca illo al inal de su es udio. ESTEBAN RODRÍGUEZ OCAÑA MÜLLER, Raine ; MILLES, Die ich (eds.) (1984), Bei dge zu Geschich e de A bei e k ankhei en und de A bei smedizin in Deu schland, Do mund: Bunde- sans al ü A bei sschu z. Sonde sch i N . 15. (Wi scha s e lag NW, Ve lag ü neue Wissenscha , B eme ha en). The his o y o social medicine was o many yea s me ely a ch onicle o scien i ic disco e ies and obse a ions. Wi h a e excepcions, he social con ex o disco e ies and ac ual li ing and wo king condi ions we e neglec ed. The unde lying posi i ism o ea lie his o ical app oaches was because social medicine was s i ing o ecogni- ion as pa o scien i ic medicine. I became limi ed in i s conce ns and me hods in o de o es ablish i s c eden ials as pa —albei a e o ming pa — o medica science. Recen yea s ha e seen a new in e es in he o igins o social medicine, and c i i- ca discussion o he me i s o a s ic ly scien i ic app oach. The book unde e iew exempli ies a numbe o ea u es o he eo ien a ion o alues in occupa ional heal h as pa o social medicine. The i le indica es ha he book's scope will be ex ensi e. Occupa ional diseases will be conside ed in ela ion o occupa ional medicine. This his o y o how ac ual condi ions o mo bidi y and mo ali y ela ed o heo e ical inno a ions goes beyond he idea o a pu ely labo a o y based occupa- ional pa hology. A ea u e o he book is ha di e se in e es s a e ep esen ed. Con ibu ions a e p o ided by p ac ising occupa ional physicians, medica sociologis s, medica s u- den s ( o whom his o ical esea ch has an educa i e alue o p o iding insigh in o social ac o s associa ed wi h diseases), and social his o ians. The Bundesans al ü A bei sschu z is o be cong a ula ed o i s imagina i e suppo o such a co- ope a i e p ojec . The in oduc ion makes clea ha ini ially he plan was a mo e ambi ious wi h he es ablishing o pe manen exhibi ion. The book app op ia ely begins wi h a documen ela ing o he 1889 exhibi ion o acciden p e en ion. This sugges s ha he e we e ideas and schemes in he pas which we e in ce ain ways RESE1ZIAS  443 supe io o hose o he p esen . The au ho s in oke he concep o De hema isie ung o sugges ha he ad ance o science has supp essed social pe spec í es. The poin is impo an : scien i ic p og ess does no necessa ily b ing gains o medicine in i s undamen al sense o imp o ing he heal h condi ions o g oups in he popula ion. The book is a mix u e o new esea ch and documen s. Al ons Labisch p o ides a mas e ly o e iew o app oaches o he his o y o occupa ional heal h. This is a aluable exe cise in he de ining o social his o y o medicine. Raine Mulle analy- ses why adequa e occupa ional heal h s a is ics we e p e en ed om de eloping. Die ich Milles looks a how social pe spec i es ha e been excluded om occupa io- nal diseases in a ou o scien i ic app oaches. Case s udies o pa icula diseases a e chap e s on TB, me cu y poisoning, oxi- cology, bake s' and p in e s' illnesses, disco e ies associa ed wi h housing, and p o- ec ion o women wo ke s. A hi d sec ion co e s majo pionee s o occupa ional heal h like Koelsch, Teleky and Somme eld. Fo each o he e he u n o he cen- u y was an excep ionally ui ul pe iod. Hubens o , Milles and Rod íguez Ocaña o ide an exempla y s udy o he backg ound o Teleky's wo k in occupa ional medicine. Teleky's ca ee is ins uc i e as al hough he gained he i s eaching pos in social medicine, he encoun e ed many heo e ical and p ac ica di icul ies. In he 1920s Teleky's no ma i e social science o social medicine was supe ceded in Vienna by Hein ich Reichel's biologis- ic and acial app oach. Gi en he g owing app ecia ion ha mos o he social medi- cine o he 1920s and 30s was based on eugenic and biological ca ego ies, Teleky's economically based concep o social medicine is a e eshing and wo hy excep ion. Th ee concluding chap e s by. Milles (one w i en wi h Paul Klein) de elop he- mes o he book ega ding legisla ion, social insu ance and he ole o medica ins- pec o s o ac o ies. These chap e s show he p oblema ic ela ions o occupa ional medicine o sickness insu ance o (in he case o Koelsch) o oxicology. Impo an lessons a e o be lea n , as, o example, o e he limi a ions o a sys em depending on es ablishing liabili y. Finally, he e is a i y page bibliog aphy. This book has impo an s a us as he i s publica ion indica ing he alue o he social his o y o occupa ional heal h o unde s anding pas and p esen heal h condi ions. I is o be hoped ha his will be he i s o many such books. PAUL WEINDLING MAESTRE SANCHEZ, Amado (1985) El cóle a en San ande (La epidemia del a ío 1834). San ande , Ediciones Ayun amien o de San ande (Colección Pue ochico núm. 3) y Ediciones Uni e sidad de Salamanca (Se ie Va ia, Temas Cien í icos, Li e a ios e His ó icos, núm. 60) 380 p4s. 1.000 pese as. 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