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Gaceta Médica de México, official journal of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico, began its circulation on September 15, 1864, and continues to be positioned as the oldest medical periodical publication. However, its publication was temporarily interrupted. The present study analyzes the interruption suffered by Gaceta in 1916, its resumption in 1919, and the causes that originated that discontinuity. The consequences of the so-called Mexican revolution and the enthusiasm and commitment of the academy and its editors to continue working for the progress of national medicine are discussed.
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History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Periodicals as Topic/history , Civil Disorders/history , Academies and Institutes/history , Advertising/history , MexicoABSTRACT
Resumen La Academia Nacional de Medicina se fundó hace 141 años, durante la intervención francesa. A la sombra de la flamante corporación, se dieron los primeros pasos de la cardioangiología mexicana tanto en el campo médico como en el quirúrgico. Después de la desintegración del segundo imperio siguieron los adelantos médicos y quirúrgicos de dicha disciplina. Las publicaciones correspondientes figuran en los primeros volúmenes de la "Gaceta Médica de México", órgano de la Academia, la cual sigue publicándose en nuestros días. Estos diferentes eslabones permitieron el surgimiento de la verdadera especialidad cardiológica en los años 40 del siglo XX, gracias a la clarividencia del Maestro Ignacio Chávez, padre de la cardiología mexicana. Como ejemplos de la aplicación de criterios epistemológicos en los dominios de la cardioangiología, se citan la construcción del esfigmomanómetro de Riva-Rocci en la Italia del siglo XIX y la introducción de la llamada terapéutica metabólica de ciertas cardiopatías en el México contemporáneo del siglo XX.
Abstract The National Academy of Medicine was founded 141 years ago during the French intervention. Under the sponsorship of this brand-new medical association, Mexican cardioangiology took its first steps in the medical and surgical field as well. After the falling of the second empire, the medical and surgical advances of this discipline continued. The corresponding publications appeared in different volumes of the "Gaceta Médica de México"; at present journal of the Academy still published in our time. These steps permitted the development of the true cardiologic speciality during 40s of the twentieth century, due to the vision of Professor Ignacio Chávez, father of Mexican cardiology. Some examples of application are the epistemologic criteria in cardiologycal domains such as the conception of Riva-Rocci's sphygmomanometer in Italy in the nineteenth century and the so-called cardiac metabolic therapy in Mexico of our time, are included.
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History, 19th Century , Cardiology/history , Academies and Institutes/history , MexicoABSTRACT
Se analiza la inserción de la mujer en la Academia Nacional de Medicina de México (ANM), un ámbito originalmente masculino, y las características del grupo femenino. Hasta el año 2006, la ANM tenía 536 académicos, de los cuales 62 eran mujeres. Se investigó fecha de ingreso a la ANM y edad en ese momento, edad actual, si tenían hijos, el departamento y área donde se ubicaban y su pertenencia al Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI). Se identificó que las académicas planean sus carreras, son competitivas, buscan y ocupan posiciones de poder, pero las cuestiones de género aún determinan sus decisiones profesionales.
This article analyzes women's admission to Mexico's National Academy of Medicine (NAM) originally an all-male institution. We describe the demographic characteristics of female members of the NAM. By the year 2006, the NAM had 536 academic members, 62 of them were women. Data gathered included date of entry to the NAM, members' age at time of admission, current age, whether they had children and the field and or area to which they were assigned. We also analyzed membership to the [quot ]National System of Researchers[quot ] (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, SNI). Women admitted to the NAM were all competitive scholars who planned their career choices, sought and achieved positions of power yet gender issues still determined their professional careers.