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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Main Authors: Jorge Humberto Márquez Valderrama, Oscar Gallo Vélez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín 2017-01-01
Series:Historia y Sociedad
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Online Access:http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/hisysoc/article/view/55508/58474