Between the acclimatization to high altitude, the medical anthropology and the civilizing utopia. Mapping of the evolution of thought of Carlos Monge Medrano on the health-illness process of Andean populations

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2017.342.2880

Keywords:

Altitude sickness, Anthropology, medical, Coca, Peru

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to describe how the ideas of Carlos Monge respect to high altitude sickness developed and how these were being deployed in the framework of the discussions on the living conditions of indigenous populations in the period 1928-1963. I postulate that the form how the Monge’s paradigm was proposed, the tensions produced by
various alternative movements and the way these contradictions were resolved were central, both for the subsequent development of different scientific disciplines and for their different institutional expressions in Peru. In addition, this article describes the evolutionary trajectory of Monge’s ideas about the adaptation of indigenous populations to high altitude and the discussions that emerged with other research groups around the consumption of coca leaf. It also presents an analysis of the limitations of the biomedical view regarding the health of the Andean populations, a view that was progressively influenced by the changing social and political scenario in the context of the Cold War.

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Author Biography

  • Juan P. Murillo, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Médico cirujano

     

    Profesor Auxiliar del Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Published

2017-06-28

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Symposium

How to Cite

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Murillo JP. Between the acclimatization to high altitude, the medical anthropology and the civilizing utopia. Mapping of the evolution of thought of Carlos Monge Medrano on the health-illness process of Andean populations. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2017 Jun. 28 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];34(2):280-6. Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/2880

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