ABSTRACT
The first thirty years of the 19th century meant for Mexico years of independence, of an armed struggle, and a strong political instability as well. In those days Mexican society faced personal concerns, and collective problems, and the Spanish Peninsular had to make decisions in the presence of the independence movement. Those who did not accept this movement and fought against it, decided, in some cases, to voluntarily leave their second homeland. Others expressed themselves in favor of one or another political stance and faced the banishment. That is the case of two Spanish physicians: one of them, after expressing himself openly in his writings against the insurrection, accepted that the movement was irreversible and that the only solution to his stance was abandoning Mexico voluntarily. The other was forced into exile due to his ideology. In this article we studied their parallel paths, and we were aware that their life trajectories, by definition, never intersected. They never run into each other during their Mexican stay, but they agreed in the support of their ideologies and in their contributions to medicine. The reader will find information on their personal and professional lives, in their Spain before they moved to Mexico, during their stay in this country, and then in their return to their homeland.
Los primeros treinta años del siglo XIX significaron para México tiempos en pro de la Independencia, de la lucha armada y también fueron tiempos de fuerte inestabilidad política. Los societarios padecieron inquietudes personales y problemas colectivos y los españoles peninsulares tuvieron que tomar decisiones frente al movimiento independentista. Quienes no lo aceptaron y lo combatieron, decidieron, en algunos casos, dejar voluntariamente la que ya era su segunda patria. Otros se manifestaron en favor de una u otra postura política y enfrentaron el destierro. Es el caso de dos médicos españoles: uno de ellos, después de manifestarse en sus escritos contra la insurrección, aceptó que el movimiento era irreversible y la única solución a su postura fue el abandono voluntario de México. El otro sufrió el destierro obligado debido a su ideología. Aquí estudiamos sus trayectorias paralelas, conscientes de que estas líneas, por definición, nunca se entrecruzan. Ellos no coincidieron durante su estancia mexicana, pero sí en el sostenimiento de sus ideologías y en sus aportes a la medicina. El lector encontrará información sobre sus vidas personales y profesionales en su España antes de pasar a México, durante su estancia en este país y en su retorno a la patria de origen.