Health in the Highlands: Indigenous Healing and Scientific Medicine in Guatemala and Ecuador Carey David
Health in the Highlands: Indigenous Healing and Scientific Medicine in Guatemala and Ecuador Carey David Populated by curanderos, midwives, bonesetters, witches, doctors, nurses, and the indigenous…
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Health in the Highlands: Indigenous Healing and Scientific Medicine in Guatemala and Ecuador Carey David
Populated by curanderos, midwives, bonesetters, witches, doctors, nurses, and the indigenous people they served, this nuanced history demonstrates how cultural and political history, misogyny, racism, and racialization influence public health. shows that highland indigenous populations in the two countries tended to embrace a syncretic approach to health, combining traditional and new practices. In the first half of the twentieth century, the governments of Ecuador and Guatemala sought to spread scientific medicine to their populaces, working to prevent and treat malaria, typhus, and typhoid; to boost infant and maternal well-being; and to improve overall health.Drawing on extensive, original archival research, David Carey Jr.
At times, both governments encouraged--or at least allowed--such a synthesis: even what they saw as "nonscientific" care was better than none. Yet
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