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Globalizing the History of Disease, Medicine, and Public Health in Latin America (2013)

Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 104
Pages: 798--806

DOI: 10.1086/674946

Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Part of the focus section, “Global Currents in National Histories of Science: The “Global Turn” and the History of Science in Latin America”
Language: English

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Disease and diseases History of medicine, as a discipline Transmission of ideas Diffusion of innovation; diffusion of knowledge; diffusion of technology Globalization; internationalization Global history Public health Medicine Colonialism Historiography Latin America

The history of Latin America, the history of disease, medicine, and public health, and global history are deeply intertwined, but the intersection of these three fields has not yet attracted sustained attention from historians. Recent developments in the historiography of disease, medicine, and public health in Latin America suggest, however, that a distinctive, global approach to the topic is beginning to emerge. This essay identifies the distinguishing characteristic of this approach as an attentiveness to transfers of contagions, cures, and medical knowledge from Latin America to the rest of the world and then summarizes a few episodes that demonstrate its promise. While national as well as colonial and neocolonial histories of Latin America have made important contributions to our understanding, works taking the global approach have the potential to contribute more directly to the decentering of the global history of disease, medicine, and public health.

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