Este trabajo se centra en dos relevantes instituciones médico-sanitarias creadas por España en Marruecos a finales del siglo XIX: la Escuela de Medicina y el Dispensario de Tánger. Para ello se parte de la figura del médico militar Felipe Ovilo y Canales, director de la citada Escuela, cuya vida, obra e ideas son someramente presentadas. A partir de ellas, se analiza el triple carácter higienista, regeneracionista y africanista de dichas iniciativas, frente a trabajos previos que las enmarcaban dentro de la actuación de la Misión franciscana en Tánger y de su superior, el padre José Lerchundi.

In this paper we focus on two relevant medical institutions created by Spain in Morocco in the last quarter of the 19th century: the Tangiers School of Medicine and its attached dispensary. For this purpose, an introduction to the life, work and ideas of the army medical officer Felipe Ovilo Canales, the School director, is sketched. Through him, we analyse the higienist, regenerationist and africanist roots of both institutions, roots ignored by previous works which framed them in the activities of the Franciscan Mission in Tangiers and its director, father José Lerchundi.

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