[History of rachianesthesia and epidural anesthesia in Spain]. / Historia de la raquianestesia y de la anestesia epidural en España.

OBJECTIVES: To show the beginning of spinal and epidural anesthesia in our country and the contributions of Spanish urologists. METHODS: We reviewed books and writings of History of Medicine, Urology and Anesthesia and Doctoral thesis about spinal and epidural anesthesia. RESULTS: In the 20th century, surgeons also gave the anesthetic drugs to the patients. Spinal and epidural anesthesia were used for the first time in 1900. A lot of Spanish urologists like F Rusca Doménech, J.M. Batrina, M. Barragán Bonet, R. Lozano Monzón, L. Guedea Calvo, Gil Vernet, Fidel Pagés Miravé, V Sagarra Lascurain, Gómez Ulla, etc, did research, writings in scientific journals and Doctoral thesis about anesthesia.