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On September 30, the jury met to award the 52nd Uriach Foundation Prize “History of Medicine,” which is presented annually by the Uriach Foundation 1838.

The meeting took place at the Círculo Ecuestre in Barcelona and was attended by the jury members: Mr. Carles Hervàs Puyal, Mr. Alfons Zarzoso Orellana, and Mr. Jon Arrizabalaga Valbuena, who served as secretary.

Representing the Uriach Foundation 1838 were its honorary president, Dr. Joan Uriach Marsal, and its vice-president, Mr. Javier Uriach Torelló.

After successive rounds of voting, the 52nd Uriach Foundation Prize was awarded to the work “A History of Phrenology through its Subjects: Mental Calculators and their Phrenological Casts,” whose author, once the sealed envelope was opened, turned out to be Ms. Andrea Graus, from Barcelona.

The runner-up prize was awarded to the work “When Republican Madrid was the World Capital of Historians of Medicine,” whose author, once the sealed envelope was opened, was revealed to be Mr. Leoncio López-Ocón Cabrera, from Madrid.

On September 30, the jury of the 52nd Uriach Foundation Prize “History of Medicine” will meet to select the winning works of this year’s competition.

The jury will be composed of Alfons Zarzoso Orellana, PhD in History, curator of the Museum of the History of Medicine of Catalonia, associate professor of History of Science at the University of Catalonia, and president of the Catalan Society for the History of Science and Technology; Carles Hervàs Puyal, PhD in History and Medicine, specialist in Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, member of several national and international societies for the history of medicine, and corresponding academic of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia; and, finally, acting as secretary, Jon Arrizabalaga Valbuena, PhD in the History of Medicine, who has taught at various universities and is research professor at the Milà i Fontanals Institute of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Once the verdict has been reached, the winners will be announced on this same page.

The Uriach Foundation has recently acquired a set of documents from the early 20th century linked to the Uriach laboratories.

This collection, which includes various bills of exchange, invoices, money orders, and order forms, is added to the rest of the documentation managed by the Uriach Foundation Archive.

The preservation and study of all this material is essential to gaining a better understanding of the history of the health industry in our country.

This July, a new issue of the journal Pharmacy, Medicine and History has been published, featuring the winning work, the runner-up, and a work recommended by the jury of the 52nd Uriach Foundation Prize for “History of Medicine”:

• “Psychoanalytic Treatments for Homosexuals in Chile (1952–1957)” by Mr. Marcelo Enríque Valenzuela Cáceres. Winner of the 52nd Uriach Foundation Prize for “History of Medicine.”

• “Surgical Innovation, Private Clinics and Public Charity: Towards a New Model of Care in the City of Valencia” by Mr. Xavier García Ferrandis. Runner-up of the 52nd Uriach Foundation Prize for “History of Medicine.”

• “Oncological ‘War Feats” by Mr. Santos Enrech Francés. Work recommended by the jury of the 52nd Uriach Foundation Prize for “History of Medicine.”

You can read the issue on our website by clicking on the banner on the main page, by visiting the publications section, or through the Issuu digital reader (www.issuu.com), where previous issues of the journal are also available.

The submission period for entries to compete for this year’s 52nd Uriach Foundation Prize for “History of Medicine” (2021) has now closed.

The jury will meet next September to deliberate and vote on the winning work and the runner-up. If the jury deems it appropriate, the winning work, as well as other submitted studies, may be published in the digital journal Pharmacy, Medicine and History, always with the agreement of the authors.

The verdict will be announced in November, and the works that are neither awarded nor selected for publication will be destroyed without the opening of their sealed envelopes, as stipulated in the contest rules.

The Uriach Chair of Nutraceuticals invites you to take part in the conference Functional Foods, Food Supplements, and Nutraceuticals delivered by Dr. Begoña Muguerza.

PROGRAM:

• Presentation of the Uriach Chair of Nutraceuticals

• Relationship between nutrition and health

• Functional foods and their regulation

• Concept of nutraceuticals and food supplements

• Evaluation of functionality

• Case study: collaboration between the Chair and COFT for the evaluation of a nutraceutical’s functionality

Date: Monday, April 26, 2021
Time: 2:30–4:00 p.m.
Place: Online live session via GoToWebinar (only an internet connection and speakers or headphones will be required).

Registration: FREE by clicking HERE (access instructions for the webinar will be sent to the email address provided in the form; please make sure it is entered correctly).

Dr. Begoña Muguerza is Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology at Rovira i Virgili University.

She has taken part in 96 research projects, including a total of 47 publicly funded projects and 49 contracts with companies in the agri-food, nutraceutical, or cosmetics sectors. She has served as project leader or principal investigator in 54 of them.

She is co-author of more than 95 articles in high-impact international scientific journals and of 11 patents. She has supervised 8 doctoral theses, 7 of them with international distinction, and 4 recognized with the Extraordinary Award.

She has also served as Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and Coordinator of the Official Interuniversity Master’s in Nutrition and Metabolism. She currently leads the Nutrigenomics Research Group and is Director of the Uriach Chair of Nutraceuticals.

Dr. Domingo Campillo Valero, neurosurgeon and paleopathologist, passed away last Saturday, April 17, at the age of 93. He served as a member of the jury of the Uriach Foundation Prize for “History of Medicine” on multiple occasions and was the author of the two volumes on paleopathology in our Historical Collection of Health Sciences.

Graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1951, he specialized in Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Psychiatry, and earned his PhD in Medicine and Surgery in 1974. He was Head of the Department of Surgery and Neurosurgery at Quinta de Salut l’Aliança, in the Central Hospital of Barcelona, and professor of Paleoanthropology and History of Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

As a researcher, he developed his work at the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, where in 1971 he founded the Laboratory of Paleoanthropology and Paleopathology, becoming its director until 2009. He also served as president of the Catalan Society of Neurosurgery and was a founding member of the Catalan-Balearic Association of Paleopathology.

Dr. Campillo was an international reference in this field of study thanks to his research and teaching, as well as for the innovations he introduced into the discipline.

Metal tin of Fosfatina Falieres, a product that for many years was manufactured and distributed exclusively throughout the country by the Uriach Laboratories.

Fosfatina, originally created by the French company Chassaing, was indicated as a supplement for infant nutrition and, as the advertising of the time stated: “The best food for children. With milk, it makes a delicious and fortifying porridge, essential during weaning and throughout children’s development. Suitable for delicate stomachs.”

This past February 3, by chance, Dr. Joan Uriach Marsal, founder and president of the Uriach Foundation 1838, and Dr. Josep Danon, former director of the institution, met again. It was a very moving encounter that took place right on the street, in front of Dr. Danon’s home.

Together they add up to an impressive 184 years, the same age as the history of our company. Two living examples of the history of our institution, to whom we owe our very existence.

With the publication of this photograph, the Uriach Foundation 1838 wishes to pay a warm and modest tribute to these two figures who have contributed so much to the industrial, academic, and cultural life of our country.

The internship grant awarded annually by the Uriach Chair of Nutraceuticals has recently been granted. This grant is part of the activities carried out by the CUdN within the framework of the Interuniversity Master’s in Nutrition and Metabolism of Rovira i Virgili University (URV) and the University of Barcelona (UB).

The selected student is Marinona Castells Ingla, who will complete her internship in Uriach’s Innovation Department, a business area whose main objective is to provide the company with the most innovative product portfolio on the market and to drive innovation across the company and its subsidiaries in Portugal and Italy.