The 1562 Head Injury of Don Carlos
A Conflict of Medicine and Religion in Sixteenth-Century Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12427556 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Villalon (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 95-134 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mediterranean Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1074-164X • E-ISSN: 2161-4741 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/mediterraneanstu.22.2.0095 |
| OpenAlex | W1989459997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article deals with one of the best documented medical cases of the sixteenth century—a near fatal head injury suffered in 1562 by Don Carlos (1545–68), son of Philip II and heir to the Spanish throne. It examines the highly detailed contemporary sources that shed light on the injury and its treatment and then explores the relationship between them. It also explores the conflicting claims of medicine and religion to explain the prince's seemingly miraculous cure and the canonization of the first Counter-Reformation saint, San Diego de Alcalá, that resulted directly from this healing
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |