Racial Metabolism: Eugenic Studies in Jamaica and Yucatán, between 1920 and 1940
Objective: this paper shows the configuration of research conducted by the Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW), in Jamaica and Yucatan, about basal metabolism on the onset of the twentieth century. I argue that this physiological research, conducted outside the usual laboratory spaces, used an...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Colegio Mayor Nuestra Señora del Rosario
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Revista Ciencias de la Salud |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/revsalud/article/view/4375 |