Las experiencias de José Celestino Mutis sobre el uso del guaco como antiofídico

Adriana María Alzate Echeverri

doi:10.3989/asclepio.2003.v55.i2.112

Las experiencias de José Celestino Mutis sobre el uso del guaco como antiofídico

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Adriana María Alzate Echeverri Federación Internacional de Universidades Católicas (FIUC), París

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2003.v55.i2.112

Keywords:

therapeutic, José Celestino Mutis, guaco, New-Grenade, 18th century

Abstract

This article intends to explore the germinal process to validate and «legitimate» an indigenous knowledge towards a therapeutic aim. It tells about a current traditional healing practice: the cure for the bite of snake, by inoculating the juice of a plant called guaco. Various representatives of the cultural elite in the New-Grenade participate in this process, they reveal the enligthened reason in the vice monarchy of the New-Grenade at the end of the 18th century.

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2003-12-30

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Alzate Echeverri, A. M. (2003). Las experiencias de José Celestino Mutis sobre el uso del guaco como antiofídico. Asclepio, 55(2), 257–280. https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2003.v55.i2.112

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Vol. 55 No. 2 (2003)

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Studies

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