Health in the Highlands: Indigenous Healing and Scientific Medicine in Guatemala and Ecuador

by David Carey and David Carey Jr.

Book Overview

Populated by curanderos, midwives, bonesetters, witches, doctors, nurses, and the indigenous people they served, this nuanced history demonstrates how cultural and political history, misogyny, racism, and racialization influence public health. In the first half of the twentieth century, the governments of Ecuador and Guatemala sought to spread scientific medicine to their populaces, working to prevent and treat malaria, typhus, and typhoid;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520344790
• ISBN13: 9780520344792
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"