[History and poetry in women's biological twilight: menopause and old age]. / Historia y poesía en el ocaso biológico de la mujer: menopausia y ancianidad.

This is a poetical and historical approach to the last biological stages of the evolutive development of women, namely menopause and old age. It starts with the passages found in Egyptian Papirii such as Ebers or Smith, dated 1500-2000 BC, which describe, among other symptoms, the sweating and hig body temperatures caused by the diminishing hormon secretion of the ovaries. Other important works on the subject, some of them written in the 20th century and some others composed before that date, are also quoted, such as the Edad Crítica (Critical Age) by Dr. Marañon. The final stage of a woman's life, old age, is presented through the famous sonet "Alfa y Omega" (Alpha and Omega) by poet Manuel Machado. Using poetical strokes, the author conveys an image of the many phisiopatological consequences of old age in women: osteoporosis, genital prolapse, urine incontinence and "wrinkles" ("old age is neither shown by white hair nor by wrinkles but by the heart"). The work finishes with the famous statement uttered by Napoleon Bona-parte: "God wanted to be a writer: Man is His prose; His poetry, Women". The same poetry that Dr. Cruz y Hermida has found through the complexities of the evolutive process of feminine biology.

[The obstetrical biography of Queen Isabel the Catholic (medical and historical comments on the Queen's pregnancies, births and miscarriages)]. / Biografía obstétrica de Isabel la Católica (comentarios histórico-medicos de los embarazos, partos y abortos de la Reina).

In commemoration of the 500 year anniversary of Queen Isabel's death, and in homage to her memory, the author provides a suggestive biological perspective of her majesty from a gynaecological historian's point of view. The author highlights the obstetrical episodes that occurred throughout her reproductive life and required the implication of various professionals, such the "protomedicato" typical of the epoch, experienced midwives, and Ladies in Waiting. The most significant obstetrical events were the births of 5 children: Isabel, Juan, Juana, María and Catalina. Given the Court's transient nature, the children were born throughout various geographical areas of the kingdom: Palencia, Seville, Toledo, Cardaba and Alcalá de Henares. Indeed, she was an exceptional woman born to rule and to give birth far and wide throughout the land of her People.