Médicos científicos y médicos ilícitos en la ciudad de México durante el porfiriato

Abstract

During late nineteenth century Mexico City, university trained physicians attempted to dominate the practice of medicine and to diferentiate themselves from what they considered to be ollegal community and the shared values of their scientific education and social distinction they wanted to see in place between themselves and the "other" was difficult to define, and even more so to enforce. This article seeks to shed light on the emphasis of medical community to distinguish between scientific and popular medicine during porfirian Mexico.