book chapter
The peninsula of Yucatan: medical, biological, meteorological and sociological studies
Carnegie Institution of Washington • Washington • Published In 1933 • Pages:
By: Shattuck, George Cheever, Bequaert, Joseph C. (Joseph Charles), Yucatan Medical Expeditions, 1929-1931.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The data contained in this source are the composite results of the First, Second and Third Yucatan Medical Expeditions, organized at the instigation of the Carnegie Institution of Washington by the Department of Tropical Medicine of Harvard University. Although primary emphasis is on the study of disease in the State of Yucatan there is also a great deal of other ethnographic information to be found. The first section processed covers geography and geology, flora and fauna, native medicines, domestic animals, water supplies, and general population statistics. The second portion processed presents information on the Mayan population and its distribution, ethnic subgroups, racial affinities, language, clothing, the Mayan medicine man, childbirth customs, food, agriculture, and religion. The remaining section contains information on various diseases found in the Yucatan area, and their treatment at clinics set up by the Yucatan Medical Expedition in various Mayan villages. At the time of this field study Shattuck was assistant professor of tropical medicine at Harvard University Medical School. He was a member of the First and Second Expeditions but not the Third. The portion of Chapter 3 dealing with Mayan Midwifery was written by Miss Katheryn MacKay, R.N., while the section dealing with Parturition and Care of the Infant was written by Robert Redfield. Chapter 7 also contains a report by Miss MacKay on the Chichen Itza clinic.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Composition of population
- Morbidity
- Linguistic identification
- Domesticated animals
- Diet
- Pharmaceuticals
- Water supply
- Settlement patterns
- Ethnic stratification
- Sickness
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maya (Yucatán Peninsula)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1965-1966
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1929-1931
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1929-1931
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yucatan, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- by George Cheever Shattuck in collaboration with Joseph C. Bequaert [et al.]
- Only the frontispiece, map facing p. 29, pp. xv-xvii, 1-28, 47-76, 103-104, 127-155, 171-179, and plates 11-24, 35-42, 47-48 are included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 33019294
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas