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[A brief review of respiratory diseases in pre-Hispanic times in Mexico]
Alejandro Hernández-Solís1, Guillermo Velázquez-Sámano, Raúl Cicero-Sabido
1Secretaría de Salud, Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Servicio de Neumología, Ciudad de México, México. drhernandezsolis@yahoo.com.mx.
Abstract:
It is known that, in ancient Mexico, diseases of the respiratory system were a major cause of death in the population. Severe epidemics in the XVI Century ravaged and killed nine out of ten indigenous persons. Pre-Hispanic physicians served as medical sorcerers and dealt with the physical and spiritual diseases that afflicted the population. Important medical knowledge pertaining to each culture has been identified; this knowledge explained the diseases depending on the religious beliefs of each culture, and it tried to solve the health problems that afflicted the population at that time.
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