Christina Ramos
Biographic Data
| ID | 5404240 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Ramos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Ramos |
| SIGNATURE | RAMOS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington University in St. Louis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3834-3987 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Murderous and negligent nurses
In 1739, the viceroy and archbishop of New Spain accused an enfermero (male nurse) of strangling a patient on his deathbed at a hospital in Mexico City. The crime was not an isolated incident, but the culminating indictment in a seething report on the alleged abuses committed by members of the Order of San Hipólito, one of four nursing or hospital orders (órdenes hospitalarias) active in New Spain. This article uses the viceroy-archbishop's repor…
Beyond the Columbian Exchange
This essay charts a budding history and historiography on medicine and public health in colonial Latin America. It emphasizes the English‐language scholarship, presenting an overview of the field's emerging key themes pitted against its origins in bio‐historical accounts of the Columbian Exchange and its consequences for native survival. While the field remains disjointed with significant gaps in our knowledge, this essay positions the emerging h…
C aring for pobres dementes
This article examines the early history of the Hospital de San Hipólito in Mexico City, which delivered charitable care and basic medical services to a vulnerable category of colonial subjects known as “ pobres dementes,” or mad paupers. In spite of the vast and robust literature on the history of madness and its institutions, surprisingly little is known about this institution, which, founded in 1567, holds a claim to being the first hospital of…
Beyond the Columbian Exchange
This essay charts a budding history and historiography on medicine and public health in colonial Latin America. It emphasizes the English‐language scholarship, presenting an overview of the field's emerging key themes pitted against its origins in bio‐historical accounts of the Columbian Exchange and its consequences for native survival. While the field remains disjointed with significant gaps in our knowledge, this essay positions the emerging h…
C aring for pobres dementes
This article examines the early history of the Hospital de San Hipólito in Mexico City, which delivered charitable care and basic medical services to a vulnerable category of colonial subjects known as “ pobres dementes,” or mad paupers. In spite of the vast and robust literature on the history of madness and its institutions, surprisingly little is known about this institution, which, founded in 1567, holds a claim to being the first hospital of…
C aring for pobres dementes
This article examines the early history of the Hospital de San Hipólito in Mexico City, which delivered charitable care and basic medical services to a vulnerable category of colonial subjects known as “ pobres dementes,” or mad paupers. In spite of the vast and robust literature on the history of madness and its institutions, surprisingly little is known about this institution, which, founded in 1567, holds a claim to being the first hospital of…
Beyond the Columbian Exchange
This essay charts a budding history and historiography on medicine and public health in colonial Latin America. It emphasizes the English‐language scholarship, presenting an overview of the field's emerging key themes pitted against its origins in bio‐historical accounts of the Columbian Exchange and its consequences for native survival. While the field remains disjointed with significant gaps in our knowledge, this essay positions the emerging h…
Murderous and negligent nurses
In 1739, the viceroy and archbishop of New Spain accused an enfermero (male nurse) of strangling a patient on his deathbed at a hospital in Mexico City. The crime was not an isolated incident, but the culminating indictment in a seething report on the alleged abuses committed by members of the Order of San Hipólito, one of four nursing or hospital orders (órdenes hospitalarias) active in New Spain. This article uses the viceroy-archbishop's repor…
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