Abstract
This article intends to explore the germinal process to validate and «legitimate» an indigenous knowledge towards a therapeutic aim. It tells about a current traditional healing practice: the cure for the bite of snake, by inoculating the juice of a plant called guaco. Various representatives of the cultural elite in the New-Grenade participate in this process, they reveal the enligthened reason in the vice monarchy of the New-Grenade at the end of the 18th century.
Translated title of the contribution | Las Experiencias de José Celestino Mutis Sobre El Uso del Guaco Como Antiofídico |
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Original language | English (US) |
Pages (from-to) | 257-280 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Asclepio |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- History and Philosophy of Science