title: [Discussion about vaccines from animal origin at the Mexican National Academy of Medicine in the XIX century].
abstract: This is a recount about the prevailing ideas in Mexico during the second half of the XIX century for introducing the use of vaccines of animal origin; thus, the thoughts of men like Agustín Andrade, Angel Iglesias y Domínguez, Lino Ramírez, Fernando Malanco and Luis E. Ruiz, who emphasized this work.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Historia y Filosofía de la Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Brasil 33, Centro Histórico, 06020 México, D.F., México. drnerivela@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Rolando
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neri-Vela
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D015605:Cowpox / Q000266:history / Q000276:immunology; D015608:Cowpox virus / Q000276:immunology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D012899:Smallpox / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014611:Vaccination; D014612:Vaccines / Q000266:history*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines; D014765:Viral Vaccines