Abstract

FIGUEROA-PEDREROS, Erika Constanza. Classical medicine in military health in the Nueva Granada Liberating Campaign of 1819. Rev. Cient. Gen. José María Córdova [online]. 2019, vol.17, n.27, pp.644-662. ISSN 1900-6586.  https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.486.

This article presents the foundations of Hippocratic and Galenic medicine of the classical world that converged in the historical context of military health in the Liberating Campaign of New Granada of 1819. The theoretical contribution is the characterization of diagnosis, treatment, and the relationship between the doctor and the patient evidenced both in war scenarios and cases of common illness. Therefore, the document aims to identify the classical sources of Greek and Roman medicine in a historical milestone of great importance in the framework of the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Battle of the Boyacá Bridge.

Keywords : ancient history; Liberating Campaign; medical profession; Medical Sciences; military health; national history.

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