The Casa de Sol, located on Calle del Sol in A Coruña, was the first anti-tuberculosis dispensary in Galicia1. Its construction was promoted by the doctor Emilio Fraga Lago, who was the director of the Provincial Medical Association at a time when tuberculosis was spreading quickly in the city.
The project was designed by the architect Pedro Mariño y Ortega, who began building it in 1905. The dispensary opened on December 2, 1906. The front of the building has a Modernist style. Inside, there were nine rooms: a consultation room, an office, a laboratory, a darkroom, toilets, washrooms, a waiting room, and a central hall that connected the different spaces.
The dispensary provided free medical care to the entire population, regardless of social class, and it was supported by public funds and private donations. Among the physicians who worked there was the well-known doctor Enrique Hervada García-Sampedro.
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Bibliography:
- Bugallo Rodríguez, A. (1993). Fraga Lago, Emilio. In Fraga Vázquez, X. A Barral Martínez & Domínguez, A. Diccionario históricos das ciencias e das técnicas de Galicia. Autores, 1868-1936. Ediciós do Castro: Seminario de Estudos Galegos. (117-119)
- Teijeiro Mosquera, D.L. (2021). El Dispensario Antituberculoso de A Coruña: Una Arquitectura asistencial de Pedro Mariño. Temperamentvm. Revista Internacional de Historia y Pensamiento Enfermero 17, 1-4.