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Review sheets of patients admitted to the Military Clinic 5 of International Brigades

Date
1938
Archive
County Archive of the Selva
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT-ACSE-160-83-2
Link to the online document
Description

The journal sheets of the patients admitted to the Military Clinic no. 5 of the International Brigades complement the register and provide detailed information on the state of health, the clinical evolution and the identity of the international combatants. These documents show the diverse origins of the patients, coming from multiple European countries, and demonstrate the transnational dimension of the conflict. Its preservation makes it possible to study the medical organization in times of war and the involvement of health professionals in a collective cause. In addition, they are a tool to recover the personal stories of those who risked their lives to defend freedom in Spain. These sheets bear witness to a time when Catalonia became the scene of a struggle that anticipated the great ideological conflicts of the 20th century in Europe.