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La cremación. Un capítulo en la salud pública de México / Cremation. A public health chapter in Mexico
Ramos-de-Viesca, Mariblanca; Avila, María Eugenia; Chiapas, Miriam G; González, Maria de los Angeles; Pérez, Leticia.
Afiliação
  • Ramos-de-Viesca, Mariblanca; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Historia y Filosofía de la Medicina. MX
  • Avila, María Eugenia; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina. MX
  • Chiapas, Miriam G; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina. MX
  • González, Maria de los Angeles; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina. MX
  • Pérez, Leticia; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina. MX
Gac. méd. Méx ; 138(6): 581-586, Nov.-Dec. 2002.
Article em Es | LILACS | ID: lil-334522
Biblioteca responsável: BR1.1
ABSTRACT
Cremation was a part of the funeral ceremony in prehispanic Mexico. When the Spanish conquerors came, this practice was prohibited. In 1877, the Uppu Health Council authorized animal incineration to avoid consumption by indigents or transformation in putrid emanation. Creamation was welcome in Mexico because of the knowledge of hygienic at the time, whose adepts had evaluated toxic exhalations of cadavers and the cemeteries of Mexico City, with incomplete destruction of the cadaver and filtration of contaminants into the subsoil. Three were the reasons against cremation; religious beliefs, lawmaker medical preoccupation with the disappearance of legal evidence, and the newly born science of anthropology, with loss of material for laboratory. The first crematorium was inaugurated by Dr. Eduardo Liceaga in February 1909 in the Dolores Cemetery.
Assuntos
Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Práticas Mortuárias País/Região como assunto: Mexico Idioma: Es Revista: Gac. méd. Méx Assunto da revista: MEDICINA Ano de publicação: 2002 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: México
Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Práticas Mortuárias País/Região como assunto: Mexico Idioma: Es Revista: Gac. méd. Méx Assunto da revista: MEDICINA Ano de publicação: 2002 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: México