Title: Learning to heal
First published: 1997
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.
Subjects: History, Medicine, Medical personnel, Practice, Medical education, Medicine, mexico, Medicine, history, Medicine, practice, Medical Sociology, History, 18th Century, History, 19th Century, Médecine, Histoire, Pratique, Enseignement médical, Personnel médical
Places: Mexico
Time periods: 19th century, 18th century
LC classification: R466 .H47 1997