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From Badge of Pride to Cause of Stigma: Combatting Mal del Pinto in Mexico (2013)

Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Volume: 37, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 13-20

Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Continuity and Change in the History of Mexican Public Health”
Language: English

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Disease and diseases Medicine and society Dermatology Public health 20th century, late Mexico

Mal del pinto is a dermatological disease characterized by discoloured patches of skin on the face and body. It has been present in what is now the territory of Mexico from before the Spanish conquest up to recent times. Though early concerns for mal del pinto as a public health problem can be traced back to the late 19th century, no campaign to combat the disease was undertaken until the second half of the 20th. Thanks to the effectiveness of treatment with penicillin, the fight against this illness -- which was once assumed as a symbol of pride -- enjoyed a broader acceptance among the population that other health campaigns.

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Article Ramírez, Paul (2013) Enlightened Publics for Public Health: Assessing Disease in Colonial Mexico. Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 3-12). unapi

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