title: [Manuel Martínez Baez: a very personal opinion on tropical diseases].
abstract: The work of doctor Manuel Martínez Baéz (1894-1987) is very vast and it is clearly related to three different areas of medicine: parasitology, public health and medical sociology, and history of medicine. This work studies an aspect of his ideology concerning public health and social medicine which is related to tropical diseases. The contribution of Martínez Báez to this area was important because he adapted to the reality of underdeveloped countries concepts concerning tropical diseases originated in countries foreign to this problem.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Historia y Filosofia de la Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Rodríguez de Romo
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history; D014330:Tropical Medicine / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Manuel Martínez Baez: una visión muy personal de las enfermedades tropicales.