Nurse. Servicio Gallego de Salud. Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, España.
Nurse, Ph.D. Professor, Facultad de Enfermería de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. A Coruña, España.
Invest Educ Enferm. 2024 Jun;42(2). doi: 10.17533/udea.iee.v42n2e03.
To analyze the duties of wet nurses at the Hospital Real in Santiago de Compostela (Spain). The secondary objectives were to compare the mortality rate and distribution by parish of the foundlings under the care of the Royal House between 1803 and 1808; and to determine the origin of the Galician foundlings who participated in the Royal Philanthropic Expedition of the Smallpox Vaccine in 1803.
Historiographic study that analyzed sorted and not sorted in series indirect positional and quantitative historical sources.
The duties of wet nurses during the studied period were to provide basic care and cultural instruction. The mortality rate of foundlings fluctuated during that period and their distribution by parish (functional unit of healthcare services at that time) was similar in those years, with a predominance in the provinces of A Coruña and Pontevedra. A total of 5 Galician foundlings from the House analyzed were part of the smallpox vaccine expedition, their names were Juan Antonio, Jacinto, Gerónimo María, Francisco Florencio and Juan Francisco.
During the observed period the wet nurses of the Hospital Real of Santiago de Compostela were in charge of pediatric care. Wet nurses were vital in the role of keeping the foundlings alive and can be considered as one of the forerunners of the pediatric nurse profession at that time.
分析圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉皇家医院（西班牙）的乳母职责。次要目的是比较 1803 年至 1808 年间，王室监护下的弃儿的死亡率和按堂区分布情况；并确定参加 1803 年皇家天花疫苗慈善远征的加利西亚弃儿的出身。
对分类和未分类的间接位置和定量历史资料进行历史研究分析。
在研究期间，乳母的职责是提供基本护理和文化指导。在此期间，弃儿的死亡率波动不定，其按堂区（当时的医疗服务功能单位）的分布情况在这些年份相似，主要集中在拉科鲁尼亚和蓬特韦德拉省。分析的王室 5 名弃儿中有 3 人参加了天花疫苗远征，他们的名字是胡安·安东尼奥、雅辛托、赫罗尼莫·马里亚、弗朗西斯科·弗洛伦西奥和胡安·弗朗西斯科。
在观察期间，圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉皇家医院的乳母负责儿科护理。乳母在维持弃儿生命方面起着至关重要的作用，可以被认为是当时儿科护士职业的先驱之一。
