Cuerpos heridos, conocimiento y verdad: las heridas entre la medicina y la jurisprudencia
In this article, I analyze the notion of “body” from the perspective of the “classification of wounds” discussed by mid-19th-century Mexican doctors and jurists who, in order to cure as well as to judge, used the bodies as a source of knowledge and of medical or criminal proof. I examine the differe...
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| Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
2006-11-01
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| Series: | Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/2981 |