[Discussion about vaccines from animal origin at the Mexican National Academy of Medicine in the XIX century]. / La discusión acerca de la vacuna de origen animal en la Academia Nacional de Medicina de México en el siglo XIX.

This is a recount about the prevailing ideas in Mexico during the second half of the XIX century for introducing the use of vaccines of animal origin; thus, the thoughts of men like Agustín Andrade, Angel Iglesias y Domínguez, Lino Ramírez, Fernando Malanco and Luis E. Ruiz, who emphasized this work.