Curanderos y médicos ilustrados. La creación del protomedicato en Venezuela a finales del siglo XVIII

Authors

  • Emanuele Amodio Escuela de Antropología, FACES, Universidad Central de Venezuela; y Dpto. de Antropología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.1997.v49.i1.380

Abstract


By the definitive amplification of the control of the State on the liberal professions (put to the service of his enlightened "projet"), the creation in Caracas of the Protomedicato (1977), responded to the demand of regulating and exercise a political control on the practice of the medicine; he aimed to organize and determine the information of the doctors, eliminating possible therapeutic and professionals options.

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Published

1997-06-30

How to Cite

Amodio, E. (1997). Curanderos y médicos ilustrados. La creación del protomedicato en Venezuela a finales del siglo XVIII. Asclepio, 49(1), 95–129. https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.1997.v49.i1.380

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