Hermilio Valdizán, la psiquiatría comparativa y la medicina folklórica / [Hermilio Valdizán, comparative psychiatry and folk medicine]
Acta psiquiátr. psicol. Am. Lat
; 26(2): 96-106, 1980 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
This paper, a reminder of Hermilio Valdizans death semicentennial, reviews an aspect of this renowned investigators work, the formal founder of Psychiatry and the most representative figure of its initial development in Peru. Firstly, it examines the theoretical frame eclosing Valdizans thought aimed at searching for the Peruvian roots of Medicine and Psychiatry remarking the influence of positivism and the culturalist gravitation. Afterwards, it lingers over a biographical sketch with emphasis laid upon those circumstances that explain the Masters vocational trends and his especial concern on the analysis of Peruvian reality. It reviews Valdizans innovative contributions to Comparative Psychiatry revealing that his production is considered as the first systematic one in this field in Latin America. It inquires into the sense, orientation, and content of Valdizans work on Peruvian Traditional Medicine research, the fullest intent on approaching the massess [quot ]sanitarian consciousness[quot ] and their closeties with the oral tradition fostered by the conceptions and practice of the healing art in Ancient Peru. Finally, as a distinctive note of this original written production, its main concern on the search for the sense and identity of Peruvian nationality is pointed out. And, after establishing Valdizans position as the founder of the Peruvian School of Folkloric Medicine, the post-Valdizannian contributions and an actual view of the investigation in this field are concisely and panoramically presented.
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Acta psiquiátr. psicol. Am. Lat
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1980
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