In spite of the fact that one of the elements shaping the cultural identity of a people is its common way to know and interpret reality, Spanish physicians did not underscore religious thinking as an obstacle to their diffusion of the advantages of European science, and even less among Berbers, who, according to witnesses, were not completely Islamized.
A pesar de que uno de los elementos que configuran la identidad cultural de un pueblo es su forma común de conocer e interpretar la realidad, los médicos españoles no destacaron el pensamiento religioso como un obstáculo que les impidiera difundir las bondades de la ciencia europea, menos aun entre los bereberes que, según estos testimonios, no habían acabado de islamizarse.