Julio Tello as a medical anthropologist: assessing the antiquity of syphilis in ancient Peru
Abstract This paper explores the methods used by Julio Tello to address the antiquity of syphilis in ancient Peru, examining his thesis La antigüedad de la sífilis en el antiguo Perú to understand the logic behind the procedures he used to test his hypothesis. The contention presented here is that d...
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Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
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Series: | História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702018000200541&lng=en&tlng=en |