Queen Elizabeth II of Bourbon received health care from the Spanish Royal Household pharmaceutical medical service from her birth until her exile in 1868. After the proclamation of her son Alfonso XII as King of Spain, on December 29,...
moreQueen Elizabeth II of Bourbon received health care from the Spanish Royal Household pharmaceutical medical service from her birth until her exile in 1868. After the proclamation of her son Alfonso XII as King of Spain, on December 29, 1874 there was the official return of the royal family to Spain. Isabel returned to Paris. Only sporadically and in very important acts will the queen come to Spain.
From September 1876 to 1892, the medicines that the Royal Botica supplied to her continued to be noted in her private cookbook. Isabel II requested, from her residence, that they be sent through the General Inspection of the Royal Palaces which, once supplied by the Royal Botica, would send them to their addressee, either through a private individual who served as the of intermediary mail, either by depositing the corresponding package at the railway station so that it would be delivered to the Zumárraga station chief, where an employee of the queen's house would come to collect it.
Elizabeth II continued with her private medicine cabinet, the one she formed during her reign. She always identified herself as an enthusiast of the homeopathic movement and maintained a close relationship with her founder in Spain, José Núñez. After her exile in France, her contacts continued by correspondence, receiving the attention of homeopath Léon Simon (fils), a friend of both.