[Discussion about vaccines from animal origin at the Mexican National Academy of Medicine in the XIX century].
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.
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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
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D014612:Vaccines; D014765:Viral Vaccines