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- Title
Comer para sanar: alimentación y medicina en Nueva Galicia, siglo xviii.
- Authors
Bazúa, Abril Reynoso
- Abstract
This article focuses on the medical theory of food in the 18th century and the resulting use of foods as remedies to cure different diseases. Analyzing the specific case of Guadalajara, it explores the qualitative and hygienic conditions of foods in the last quarter of that century, the influence they had on the health of the inhabitants of Nueva Galicia, and their numerous applications in the pharmacopeia of New Spain.
- Subjects
NUEVA Galicia; DIET therapy; HISTORY of nutrition; PHARMACOPOEIAS; 18TH century medical history; HISTORY
- Publication
Relaciones: Estudios de Historia y Sociedad, 2016, Vol 37, Issue 146, p47
- ISSN
0185-3929
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24901/rehs.v37i146.7