 | The Hot and the Cold: Ills of Humans and Maize in Native Mexico Subjects: Nahuas -- Medicine -- Mexico -- Veracruz (State); Popoluca Indians -- Medicine; Traditional medicine -- Mexico -- Veracruz (State); Nahuas -- Ethnobotany -- Mexico -- Veracruz (State); Popoluca Indians -- Ethnobotany; Corn -- Mexico -- Veracruz (State) --; Examines indigenous worldview and myth to challenge the prevailing notion that hot-cold reasoning of health and illness in Latin America is a product of the Hippocratic humoral doctrine brought by the Spaniards in the sixteenth century. Bain W. Andrés (Sánchez) : W. Andrés Sánchez Bain is a Program Officer at the International Development Research Centre.Chevalier Jacques M. : Jacques M. Chevalier is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. |
