From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism: Doctors, Healers, and Public Power in Costa Rica, 1800-1940

by Steven Palmer

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From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism presents the history of medical practice in Costa Rica from the late colonial era--when none of the fifty thousand inhabitants had access to a titled physician, pharmacist, or midwife--to the 1940s, when the figure of the qualified medical doctor was part of everyday life for many of Costa Rica's nearly one million citizens. It is the first book to chronicle the history of all healers, both professional...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822330474

ISBN13:9780822330479

Release Date:January 2003

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.7"

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