Nefro-urological mortality causes in Jerez de los Caballeros (Badajoz) in the nineteenth century.

The causes of mortality from nefro-urologic diseases in Jerez de los Caballeros (Badajoz) during the nineteenth century will be our object of study. We have analyzed the death registry books of the parishes in Jerez. The percentage of deaths from nefro-urologic diseases compared to other pathologies is 0.8%, being most affected males in age ranges from 25-34 and 65-75 years of age. The months with the highest mortality were July, December and January. Due to the deficient death registrations in the first decades of the century, the results should be taken with caution.

[The prison of Jerez de los Caballeros (Badajoz) in the 19th century]. / La cárcel de Jerez de los Caballeros (Badajoz) durante el siglo XIX.

This article considers the situation of prisoners in Spanish jails, taking the circumstances of the inmates at the prison of Jerez de los Caballeros as a particular example. Documents from the Jerez Municipal Historical Archives were studied along with other contemporary and more current publications. The results show that the conditions of the buildings bordered on the ruinous, the facilities were in poor condition or unavailable and health and hygiene were practically inhumane. Pathologies of the prisoners posed a threat to the general population, as there was the risk of outbreaks of epidemics, but almost nothing is known about them. Efforts by the authorities to remedy structural problems and health problems were few and mostly ineffective due to due to economic difficulties. Medical assistance was provided by local doctors in exchange for a fee.

Colonización por Serratia fonticola de una úlcera vascular venosa en el miembro inferior izquierdo / Colonization by Serratia fonticola of vascular-venous ulcer in lower left limb

Presentamos el caso de una paciente afectada de insuficiencia vascular venosa periférica derivada desde la consulta de enfermería por padecer una úlcera vascular de meses de evolución. Se realiza un cultivo del exudado de dicha úlcera, que muestra una colonización por la enterobacteria Serratia fonticola. Al tratar esta infección con ciprofloxacino, la paciente evoluciona favorablemente; al cabo de tres meses la úlcera se ha curado dejando una cicatriz queloidea (AU)

We present the case of a female patient with peripheral venous and vascular insufficiency, referred from the nursing consultation due to a vascular ulcer of several months’ evolution. Exudate was collected and a culture made, with the finding of colonization by the enterobacterium Serratia fonticola. This infection was treated with ciprofloxacin, its evolution being favorable. The patient was cured after three months, a queloid scar remaining (AU)