Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
LAS EPIDEMIAS DEL MÉXICO PREHISPÁNICO: UN BREVE RECORRIDO HISTÓRICO. |
| Alternate Title: |
The Epidemics of Prehispanic Mexico: A Brief Historic Overview. |
| Authors: |
GUTIÉRREZ FONSECA, Itza Nahomy1 itza.nahomy@gmail.com |
| Source: |
Journal of Medicine & Movies / Revista de Medicina y Cine. 2020 Special Issue, Vol. 16, p237-245. 9p. |
| Abstract (English): |
History provides us some elements to know about the epidemics that Mesoamerican people faced even before the coming of conquerors. The arrival of Hernán Corté's troops and the battles against the Mexica, not only made the encounter of two military units but also of another one, an invisible, and more powerful army that manifested itself in diseases with unfortunate consequences for indigenous populations. The chroniclers of the time narrate the events and effects of these epidemic waves. Through the review of Codex such as Florentino, Telleriano-Remensis and De la Cruz-Badiano, as well, the testimony of one of the principal actors of those early time of Conquest, Bernardino de Sahagún, we can make an account of the main pandemics suffered by pre-Hispanic populations from 1446 to 1576. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Spanish): |
La Historia nos provee de algunos elementos para conocer las epidemias que los pueblos mesoamericanos enfrentaron inclusive antes de la llegada de los conquistadores. El arribo de las tropas de Hernán Cortés y las batallas antes los mexicas no solo hicieron el encuentro de dos cuerpos militares, sino de ejércitos invisibles, pero aún más potentes, que se manifestaron como enfermedades con consecuencias desastrosas para las poblaciones indígenas. Los cronistas de aquella época narraron los sucesos y efectos de estas olas epidémicas. A través de la revisión de Códices como el Florentino, Telleriano-Remensis y De la Cruz-Badiano, así como del testimonio de uno de los actores de esos primeros tiempos de la conquista, Bernardino de Sahagún, podemos hacer un recuento de las principales pandemias sufridas por las poblaciones prehispánicas en un periodo que abarca de 1446 a 1576. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
MedicLatina |
