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What´s up fellas! It´s a honor that you join me in other broadcasting of Vagabundeando
I´m Juan Carlos de la Mora. This time we are in a interesting place for all the doctors…
To Wander Away!!.
The majestic building of baroque style today we´ll visit is Museum of Medicine
which is located in Historical Downtown Plaza de Santo Domingo.
It was trial and jail of Inquisition
place for public dances, Campus of Military School, Jail of political and military prisoners
Since 1847until mid of past century, headquarter of National School of Medicine
Now shelters Museum of Mexican Medicine exposure.
It was constructed under direction of Pedro Arrieta
who started the tasks on December 5, 1732 and finished on Christmas, 1736.
By decision of the architect, the entrance is open precisely in angle that form the streets
Republica de Venezuela and Republica de Brasil
That´s why people called it "la esquina chata"(flat corner)
The gate is adorned on both sides, four columns and two carved stone pilasters
with capitals of compound order
The frieze is decorated with face human shapes, late reminiscent from XVI century.
The court yard is a perfect square whose angles the constructor flaunt of good taste and wit
to make arcs seem to sustain without anything hold them.
The second level has some details like first one, therefore the half octagonal arc
except on the columns that are replaced by pilasters to sustain Santo Officious emblem.
Behind of Stone lace that adorned three arcs of entrance from monumental staircase
it´s possible to see on the break a Carrara marble sculpture, carved by Manuel Villar
and his disciple Soriano that is San Lucas monument
Who San Pablo called him “ the well beloved doctor”.
There is still too much to know about fellas, so don´t go away! We´ll be right back!!!
As I´ve said fellas at the beginning of this broadcasting
this museum besides being The Museum of Medicine worked for other functions
as Inquisition, this one sheltered the old school of medicine in 1854.
Since it was Medicine School, several modifications had this building
In 1879, was rose the third level for dissection amphitheater
In 1927, the annexes, where was School of Maristas Brotherhood
was conditioned for laboratories in 1933 was constructed a big auditorium
and 1968 was replaced the second level that was added from last century
Today the house is occupied by the Museum of Medicine was inaugurated on December 22, 1980
in order to spread Mexican Medicine´s history.
Arose the idea of a group of academics that considered its realization as one of immediate goals
to preserve academic heritage.
The museum today has 24 rooms that show from Prehispanic times to XX century
With great identity tradition, the museum features its heritage, gathering like this art, science, and technology
in its effort of academic link with the community.
The first room that we´ll visit it calls Old Medicine Room
join me to see them!
Mexican Medicine is a room where medicine is a réflex of own identity
from who have built this country a long of centuries
in addition with cultural develop that have had the Mexican Medicine
not to ignore the indigenous contributions own of our ideology to west universal thought.
In Food Room we´ll find that first dwellers of Valley of Mexico belonged to hunter and gatherers culture
Their feed was varied and wealth in nutrients but was exposed to any environmental modification
Room of the Gods, here we´ll find that the Mesoamerican cultures were deeply religious
and had groups whose function was essentially the creation, destruction and maintenance of a cosmic order
Herbal Room teach us that Indigenous Medical Culture still present in Mexico of today
interacting with contemporary circumstance, changing before the onslaught of other medical cultures.
Regarding to XVI, XVII, XVIII and XIX, room centuries
teach us the low process of combination of medical cultures
as result of Spaniard Conquest and European medicine intro in this territory
therefore there were modifications of the development of ideas
that´s why the medicine takes new and different ways
Finally the time was begun in Mexico the Institutionalization and Socialization of medical services
such important in the next century.
Wax Room and Physiology laboratory, show us the first pieces collection with dermatologic injuries
and the second one show us the process that had to follow to have a training laboratory
which didn´t get 45 years later.
No doubt this place is amazing fellas but there is still too much to show you
later of this commercial breaks! So we´ll be right back…
In the National Academy of Medicine has discussed always transcendental medical themes for all the country
This one join up the most distinguished professionals in health area which are Doctors
and also are represented biologist, vets and zoo technicians, as well as drug chemical biologist.
En Esesarte Drugstore teach us as incorporated the new pharmacist elements in the second half of XX century
Among their utensils highlight a precision balance, mortars of different sizes in crystal, porcelain, marble, and metal
This room was acquired by Autonomous National University of Mexico in 1978
but join me to Radiology room
The advances medical knowledge and technique have done possible the diagnosis of several diseases using X rays
Recently the radiology has expanded using other techniques
ultra sound, nuclear medicine, computed tomography, magnetic resonance among others
The rooms Dr. Carlos Coqui, Dres. German y Juan Somolinos, Dr. Tomás G. Perrín y Dr. Donato G. Alarcón
are places where we can finds semblances of characters that have contributed great facts to medicine.
We are in Otolaryngology room join me please!
Properly talking is not possible to mention of specialty of otolaryngology
until the end of XIX, when in Europe starts the instrumented study of ears, nose, and throat
The Mexican doctors since XIX century up to now
have issued many books as articles in different specialized magazines
contributing knowledge development within specialty.
Mexican Gynecology and Obstetrics room that show us
that thanks to medical knowledge, the care of intrauterine development and mother´s health during pregnancy
childbirth care were made by doctors, taking second term midwives have take care of that
It´s time for the last commercial break of this broadcasting so don´t go away!
So it´s time to say good bye guys, for me was a privilege that you have joined me
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I´m Juan Carlos de la Mora and I wait for you the next week so…
See you later!!