Disputing Epidemics, Public Health, and Alternative Therapies in Latin American History - The Gray Zones of Medicine: Healers and History in Latin America. Edited by Diego Armus and Pablo F. Gómez. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021. Pp. 262. $55.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780822946854. - Compound Remedies: Galenic Pharmacy from the Ancient Mediterranean to New Spain. By Paula S. De Vos. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020. Pp. xiv + 352. $50.00 hardcover. ISBN: …
Peter B. Villella
This essay reviews the following works: The Gray Zones of Medicine: Healers and History in Latin America. Edited by Diego Armus Pablo F. Gómez. Pittsburgh: University Pittsburgh Press, 2021. Pp. 262. $55.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780822946854. Compound Remedies: Galenic Pharmacy from Ancient Mediterranean to New Spain. By Paula S. De Vos. 2020. xiv + 352. $50.00 9780822946496. For All Humanity: Mesoamerican Colonial Medicine Enlightenment Guatemala. Martha Few. Tucson: Arizona 2015. x 304. $34.95 paperback. 9780816531875. Experiential Caribbean: Creating Knowledge Healing Early Modern Atlantic. Chapel Hill: North Carolina 2017. xix 314. $29.95 9781469630878. Plagues upon Earth: Disease Course Human History. Kyle Harper. Princeton, NJ: Princeton 704. $35.00 9780691192123. Carving a Niche: Medical Profession Mexico, 1800–1870. Luz María Hernández Sáenz. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s 2018. 376. $38.22 9780773553026. Enlightened Immunity: Mexico’s Experiments with Prevention Age Reason. Paul Ramírez. Stanford, CA: Stanford xi $70.00 9781503604339. Mexico Time Cholera. Donald Fithian Stevens. Albuquerque: 2019. ix 328. 9780826360557. An Imperative Cure: Principles Practice Q’eqchi’ Maya Belize. James B. Waldram. xvi 288. $84.80 9780826361738. Death Is around Us: Corpses, Chaos, Public Health Porfirian City. Jonathan M. Weber. Lincoln: Nebraska xiii 294. $30.00 9781496213440.
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