El cólera morbus en Yucatán
Subtitle: medicina y salud pública, 1833-1853
By: Paola Peniche Moreno
Series: Colección Peninsular; Colección Peninsular
Publisher: CIESAS Sureste; MAPorrúa, Librero-Editor
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ciudad de México, México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9786074863550; 9786075240114
Subjects: Cholera; History
Description: Outlines relationship between scientific ideas, medical practice and public health in Yucatan during first decades after independence.  Analyzes ways in which medical and scientific ideas of time explained and were used to address new illncsses.  Narrates dissemination and impact of this knowledge on prevention and on medical attention given to public during cholera epidemic .  Also studies management of public health by nascent state, plus reception and acceptance of ideas from Europe to stem progress of disease.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190).