Pilar Gardeta Sabater  

Summary

1.-Introducción. 2.-Transcripción documental. 2.1.-Carta del Gobernador de Santa Marta de 13 de abril de 1790 (AGI: Santa Fe, Leg. 548). 2.2.-López Ruiz. Informe sobre los curanderos existentes en Santa Fe. Madrid, 28 de abril de 1790 (BNC: Ms 191; AGI: Santa Fe, Leg. 712). 2.3.-López Ruiz. Informe sobre el estado de la medicina, realizado a requerimiento del Virrey. Santa Fe, 31 de octubre de 1799 (BNC: Ms 169). 2.4.-Honorato Vila. Informe sobre el estado de la medicina en el Nuevo Reino de Granada. Santa Fe, 27 de mayo de 1800 (ANC: Archivo Anexo, Instrucción Pública, T-3).1.-Introduction. 2.-Transcriptions of the documents. 2.1.-Letter from the Goyernor of Santa María, 13 April 1790 (AGI: Santa Fe, Leg. 548) . 2.2.-López-Ruiz. Report on faith healers in Santa Fe. Madrid, 28 April 1790. (BNC: Ms 191; AGI: SantaFe, Leg. 712). 2.3.-López Ruiz. Report on the state of medicine, prepared by order of the Viceroy. Santa Fe, 13 October 1799. (BNC: Ms 169). 2.4.-Honorato Vila. Report on the state of medicine in the Nuevo Reino de Granada. Santa Fe, 27 May 1800 (ANC: Archivo Anexo, Instrucción Pública, T-3).

Abstract

This study is an attempt to investigate health care in the Virreinato de Nueva Granada (1739-1820) .Although written Teports and testimonies of persons who wielded power within the medical profession during this period, and of persons at the highest levels of political power, have already been studied, information is still lacking on the opinions and views of persons who did not occupy high posts, and of persons who were denigrated. by the other members of the medical profession. Through an analysis of the four documents transcribed here, we show that a single problem gave rise to different lines of discourse that were influenced by their authors' interests and sympathy (or antagonism) toward the rest of the profession.