Description
Transcriptions and English translations of historical medical publications printed throughout Latin America, covering a range of topics such as preventive measures against diseases like smallpox and bubonic plague, medical reports on epilepsy, instructions for tuberculosis prevention, and guidelines for handling epidemics like cholera.
View Primary Source Transcriptions and Translations in GDocs
Visit Dataverse Collection
Date Range(s): 1606-1914
Country(ies): Mexico; Venezuela; Guatemala; Chile; Uruguay; Spain;
Course Subject(s): Latin American Studies; Literary Studies; Women & Gender Studies; World History Studies; World Geography Studies
Topic(s): Vaccination; Medical conditions; Health; Quarantine measures; Plague; Epidemic; Hygiene
Document Type(s): Periodicals; Political Cartoons
Language(s): Spanish; English
Physical Repository: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin