From Galen to Magnetic Resonance: History of Medicine in Latin America

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 21 (6):571-591 (1996)
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Spanish influence in the New World was particularly acute in the areas of medicine and medical education. From the time of Columbus forward prominent medical experts journeyed to Latin America establishing medical schools and research centers. This essay chronicles the history of Latin America with a strong focus on the physicians and scientists who brought modern scientific medicine, as it wag then known in Western Europe, to the Americas

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