Travelers and diseases:An approximation to the epidemiological situation in the Yucatán peninsula between 1834 and 1847.

Authors

  • Carlos Alcalá Ferráez Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

Keywords:

Travelers, Epidemics, Climate, Fever, Remedies

Abstract

In this paper, I will demonstrate how the travelers, by means of their medical knowledgment, made an approach of the epidemic situation in Yucatan between 1834 and 1847 I will analyze the relationship between the climate and illness; I will classify the different meanings of fever for link some infectious- contagiousdiseases Atlast,Iwillemphasizesomeremediesofthesesufferings

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