Gonzalo Castañeda and Luis Lara: contributions to work medicine in the mining region of the state of Hidalgo, México
This article considers the participation of two doctors who trained at the National School of Medicine of Mexico and practiced their profession during the last decade of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, in the mining region of Real del Monte and Pachuca, in the state of Hi...
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Instituto de Arqueología y Museo, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | http://publicaciones.csnat.unt.edu.ar/index.php/mundodeantes/article/view/161 http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/10102 |
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| Sumario: | This article considers the participation of two doctors who trained at the National School of Medicine of Mexico and practiced their profession during the last decade of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, in the mining region of Real del Monte and Pachuca, in the state of Hidalgo,Mexico; Gonzalo Castañeda and Luis Lara. These physicians make proposals of great value to improve the health of operators. The historiography of mining in this region presents few studies in this regard, the presence of Castañeda and Lara, was key in the processes to address the suffering and research on diseases and accidents of mining work, put emphasis on ancylostomiasis; they could be considered a benchmark in the practice of occupational medicine in this area, so the commitment to their profession was reflected in the attention for the operators and the rigorous observations towards mining companies in this area. This work aims to identify and analyze the contributions of these doctors as precursors of occupational medicine. |
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