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Mexican-American Medical Beliefs: Science Or Magic?

Author: Holland, William R.
Date Published: 1963


This article attempts to measure the degree of adherence of Tucson's Mexican-American population to the folk and traditional disease concepts and curing practices of Mexico. It discusses traditional Mexican medicine, how Catholicism affects medicine, diseases of the internal organs as well as diseases of emotional origin and diseases of magical origin.

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Number of Pages: 15