01047nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653002600051653001100077653001200088653002400100653001800124653001000142100002300152245007900175300001000254490000700264520055600271022001400827       1994                            d  c199410aHistory, 20th Century10aHumans10aleprosy10aPreventive Medicine10aPublic health10aSpain1 aSánchez García R00a[The battle against leprosy in Spain in the first half of the XX century].  a79-910 v463 a<p>The present work deals with the measures taken in Spain during the first half of the XX century to fight leprosy. The main policy to curb this infectious and contagious disease consisted first in isolating the patients; nevertheless, as knowledge concerning the disease grew up considerably, its preventive measures started to evolve along the period. Another point of decisive influence regarding the fight against leprosy was the intervention of the health authorities in the different historical moments and the social response to this evil.</p>  a0210-4466