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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Autores: Capdepont Ballina, Jorge Luis, Díaz Perera, Miguel Ángel
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
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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.