DISEASES IN MAZATLAN DURING THE XIX CENTURY

Abstract

The present work analyzes sanitary conditions in the city- port of Mazatlan during the 19th century, as well as the main illnesses or illnesses that afflicted the resident and floating population of the Sinaloa population nucleus, such as cholera and yellow fever, decimated the population at different times, being national and international news, for the importance of Mazatlan. Aspects such as doctors and healers, natural remedies and pharmaceuticals used to mitigate daily and extraordinary suffering, are included in the analysis of the work.

Keywords

• epidemics
• 19th century
• port cities
• marginality
• Mazatlán