Accidentes terapéuticos y nuevas prácticas de salud. La medicina colombiana frente a la catástrofe de la vacunación antidiftérica en Medellín, 1930

This article explores the context and records of the first Colombian iatrogenic catastrophe in a vaccination campaign against diphtheria in nurseries in Medellin. Research reveals that, although therapeutic innovation allowed national medicine to consolidate, this catastrophe tested its legitimacy a...

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Main Author: Víctor Manuel García
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de los Andes 2012-04-01
Series:Historia Crítica
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Online Access:http://historiacritica.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/745/index.php?id=745