[Ramon de la Sota y Lastra (1832-1913): an approach to his social and professional biography.]

Abstract

This article aims to be a contribution to a better understanding of the physician, Ram6n de la Sota y Lastra. Exhaustive heuristic work has permitted the gathering of a group of sources that has modified, both in quantity and quality, the information that was available on him. His role in the constitution of the speciality of otorhino-laryngology in our country has been recognised, but without entering in detail. This role, as well as his academic career, his professional activity or the internationalization of his written works, is addressed in this work.