Smallpox in Tabasco: its impact and preventive measures (1890-1915)
he goal of this paper is to present the measures taken in a local context (onthe example of Tabasco) to face the impact of the smallpox epidemics at theend of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries in the framework ofnew control strategies such as public and medical policies which served t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO |
| Repositorio: | Tzintzun. Revista de Estudios Históricos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1034 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://tzintzun.umich.mx/index.php/TZN/article/view/1034 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | viruela epidemia vacuna contexto local higiene Tabasco petite vérole épidémie vaccin contexte local hygiène smallpox epidemic vaccination local context hygiene |
| Sumario: | he goal of this paper is to present the measures taken in a local context (onthe example of Tabasco) to face the impact of the smallpox epidemics at theend of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries in the framework ofnew control strategies such as public and medical policies which served toreduce mortality rates. his article will shed light on how eicient measureswere taken in areas far from the Mexican capital, under diicult conditionssuch as demographic dispersion, little state control, lack of standard medicalprotocols, extreme heat, lack of roads and an emphasis on inland watertransport. |
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