Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms

Contents

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Cultures of Healing in Colonial Lima, 1535–1780 15 2. Professionalizing Healers and the Bourbon Politics of Reform, 1760–1810 49 3. Creole Medical Authority and Peninsular Vaccination Campaigns, 1802–1810 78 4. Conquering the Biblical Curse, 1804–1815 118 5. Burial Reforms, Piety, and Popular Protest, 1808–1850 157 6. Medical Education and the End of Medical Reforms, 1808–1840 192 Conclusion 218 Notes 233 Bibliography 263 Index 275  contents warren text i-290.4.indd 7 7/23/10 10:42 AM warren text i-290.4.indd 8 7/23/10 10:42 AM ...