Health care in Mesoamerica before and after 1519.

This paper discusses the situation of healthcare in Mesoameri­ca before and immediately after 1519. In the first 50 years after the Conquest, the Spaniards made extensive use of Nahuatl medicine. However, the influence of this medical tradition was limited due to the rapid imposition of a very diffe...

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Main Authors: Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Julio Frenk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2019-12-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
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Online Access:http://saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/10996