For All of Humanity
Author | : Martha Few |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2015-10-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780816531875 |
ISBN-13 | : 0816531870 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Download or read book For All of Humanity written by Martha Few and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For All of Humanity examines the first public health campaigns in Guatemala, southern Mexico, and Central America in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It reconstructs a rich and complex picture of the ways colonial doctors, surgeons, Indigenous healers, midwives, priests, government officials, and ordinary people engaged in efforts to prevent and control epidemic disease.