For all of humanity Mesoamerican and colonial medicine in Enlightenment Guatemala / Martha Few.
| Author/creator | Few, Martha, 1964- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015. |
| Description | x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : medicine, colonialism, and the enlightenment -- Epidemic death and signs of life -- Typhus and the landscapes of Maya medicine -- Constructing colonial fetuses -- How to inoculate indians -- "This marvelous fluid" -- Colonial humanitarianism and disease. |
| Abstract | "For All of Humanity examines the first public health campaigns in Guatemala, southern Mexico, and Central America in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It reconstructs a rich and complex picture of the ways colonial doctors, surgeons, Indigenous healers, midwives, priests, government officials, and ordinary people engaged in efforts to prevent and control epidemic disease"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-277) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015005383 |
| ISBN | 9780816531882 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0816531889 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780816531875 (paper : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0816531870 (paper : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |