Abstract
This paper discusses the situation of healthcare in Mesoamerica before and immediately after 1519. In the first 50 years after the Conquest, the Spaniards made extensive use of Nahuatl medicine. However, the influence of this medical tradition was limited due to the rapid imposition of a very different medical system which took little advantage of, among other things, the therapeutic wealth of pre-Hispanic healing traditions.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 114-117 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Salud publica de Mexico |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Keywords
- Healing plants
- Healthcare
- Mesoamérica
- Traditional medicine
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Gómez-Dantés, O., & Frenk, J. (2020). La atencion a la salud en Mesoamerica antes y despues de 1519. Salud publica de Mexico, 62(1), 114-117. https://doi.org/10.21149/10996