Humanitarian action in the civil wars of the Six-Year Revolutionary Period: the motives and goals of Army medic Nicasio Landa

Nicasio Landa (Pamplona, 1830-1891) was an active member of a reformist generation of Army medics who were concerned with improving soldiers' health and living conditions. He was also the only Spanish participant at the International Conference of the International Committee for Relief to Wounded Combatants, held in Geneva in October 1863, and which led to the founding of the Red Cross. During the 25 years that followed, Landa worked tirelessly to promote the cause of the International Red Cross movement in Spain, and was also a leading promoter of humanitarianism in war on national and international medical and legal forums. This Army medic (who was also the first Inspector General of the Spanish Red Cross) played an active and determined part in the Second Carlist war (1872-1876) and the Cantonal uprising (1873), all of which he documented in his numerous writings, in which he reiterates his motives and aspirations for his humanitarian actions.

Cycle: The Humnanitarian ETHOS and war: reasons and passions, ideologies and beliefs

Organized by: Research group "Medical and scientific culture: practices, spaces, objects and exchanges" of the IMF-CSIC Directorate-General for Research, Residence for Researchers