Learning to heal : the medical profession in colonial Mexico, 1767-1831 /

Learning to heal : the medical profession in colonial Mexico, 1767-1831 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hernández Sáenz, Luz María, 1952-
Imprint:	New York : Peter Lang, c1997.
Description:	x, 301 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	American university studies. Series XXI, Regional studies. vol. 17
Subject:	Medicine -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century. Medicine -- Mexico -- History -- 19th century. Medicine -- Practice -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century. Medicine -- Practice -- Mexico -- History -- 19th century. Medical education -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century. Medical education -- Mexico -- History -- 19th century. Medical personnel -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century. Medical personnel -- Mexico -- History -- 19th century. Medical education. Medical personnel. Medicine. Medicine -- Practice. Mexico. History.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2728871

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ISBN:	0820433284 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-291) and index.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Colonial Mexico: An Overview
Ch. I. The Practice of Medicine in New Spain
Ch. II. The Colonial Surgeon
Ch. III. Pharmacists and Pharmacies
Ch. IV. The Lower Echelons of the Medical Profession
Ch. V. The Medical Establishment and the Illegal Practice of Medicine.