El maristán de Granada. Escenario y símbolo de la medicina andalusí

Abstract

on the occasion of the restoration of the Maristán of Granada, its meaning is studied and analyzed in the context of the medical culture of its time and the legacy it can continue to have in Granada at the present moment. To this end, the theoretical bases of medieval medicine, the doctor-patient relations - hips in the late Middle Age, the characteristics of hospitals and maristanes in the urban space of the Latin and Muslim world, and finally the creation of the Maristan in Granada during the XIV century as well as its different characteristics. Finally, the revitalization of the Maristan’s legacy that involves its restoration is analyzed; first, as a representative symbol of a Granada linked to medical progress and innovation and, second, as an useful resource for a better health education for the population in order to give value to health advances from a historical perspective.