Medicine in Mexico : from Aztec herbs to betatrons /

A witch doctor casting an evil spell in a steaming jungle village; a young medical-school graduate cleaning a machete wound in a rat-infested thatched hut; a world-renowned scientist doing research in Mexico City--all were part of the mid-twentieth century medical scene in Mexico, a country of great...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Schendel, Gordon (Autor), Alvarez Amézquita, José (Autor), Bustamante, Miguel E., 1898-1986 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, University of Texas Press [1968]
Colección:Texas Pan American series.
Temas:
Medicine > Mexico.
Medicine > History.
History of Medicine
Médecine > Mexique.
Médecine > Histoire.
history of medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL / History
Medicine.
Mexico
Mexico.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Aztec medicine
  • Introduction
  • Status of the Aztec civilization
  • The role of mythology in medicine
  • Aztec public health and welfare
  • Aztec G.P.'s and specialists
  • Aztec herbs and therapies
  • Legacies from Aztec medicine
  • Spanish colonial medicine
  • Introduction
  • Medical progress in new Spain
  • Centuries of killer epidemics
  • The last years of the colony
  • Modern Mexican medicine
  • Introduction
  • The problem of quacks and witches
  • Rural medicine-with hazards
  • Fomenting proper hygiene
  • Moving in on malnutrition
  • Improving poor environments
  • Combating tropical diseases
  • Colorful Mexican institutions
  • The status of medicine in Mexico
  • Medical research and discoveries
  • Facing the future.

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