Barbers and bleeders in Latin America

Abstract

The discovery of the New World brought a series of profound changes and transformations in the habits and lifestyles of indigenous peoples, not only in terms of political, economic social and new civilizations, but also in the field of science, as Medicine and the different branches of the healing art, being a clear example in this sense the arrival of barbers and bleeders from the Iberian Peninsula.

Keywords

• Barberos
• Sangradores
• Flebotomía
• América Latina