British medicine in the Peruvian Andes: the travels of Archibald Smith M.D. (1820-1870)

História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos

Jorge Lossio¹ 

[1] ,University of Manchester Manchester Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Manchester,UK

关键词: Archibald Smith;    medical geography;    climatology;    altitude medicine;    yellow fever;    Archibald Smith;    geografia médica;    climatologia;    medicina de altitude;    febre amarela;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-59702006000400003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This article traces the travels of the Scottish physician Archibald Smith through the Peruvian Andes between the 1820s and 1860s. Despite his prominent role in the nineteenth-century Peruvian medical scene, almost nothing has been written on Archibald Smith. By exploring Smith's medical activities, publications, and debates, this article intends to uncover unexplored areas of Peruvian medical history, such as the animosity between local and foreign physicians during the post-Independence war era and the important role played by medical geography as a scientific discipline for redefining ethnical and regional issues.

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