Learning to heal
Subtitle: the medical profession in colonial Mexico, 1767-1831
By: Luz María Hernández Sáenz.
Series: American university studies.; vol. 17
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: 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.
Description: "The professionalization of medicine in Mexico may be traced back to the eighteenth century when new European ideologies, organization of the Bourbon armies, and changing social values laid its foundations. This work examines the organization of the medical profession, the various branches of medicine, the beginnings of formal surgical education, and the role of women as practitioners. Contemporary treatments are also examined and the quality of medical service compared to that offered in Europe.

The analysis of different practitioners and their patients offers a fascinating glimpse of late colonial Mexico while professional rivalry reflects the growing Criollo-peninsular antagonism that would lead to independence."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-289) and index.