Euphemisms for hunger: know doctor, infant mortality and malnutrition in Colombia, 1888-1940
This article analyzes the medical discourses during the period 1888-1940 on infant mortality in Colombia. Relations between malnutrition, morbidity and mortality are one of the most important problems of Colombian medical-hygienist field. Medical objectification of these relationships involved hygie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Historia y Sociedad |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/hisysoc/article/view/55508/58474 |