Medicine, Pharmacy, and Chemistry in the Centennial of the Mexican Republic, 1911

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Rodrigo Vega y Ortega
José Daniel Serrano
The Centenary of the Independence of Mexico included scientific events such as the Science and Art Centennial Contest in 1911 that coincided with the start of the Mexican Revolution. In the competition some scientists presented lectures were focused historical assessment of their disciplines, in this case, Medicine,
Pharmacy, and Chemistry. The assessment was in line with the positivist interpretation of Mexican history by breaking scientifi c development in three stages: 1821-1867, 1867-1876 y 1876-1910. The last one included the presidency of Porfirio Díaz and was rated as the boom period and modernization of Mexican
science as an apology for the social crisis unleashed in 1911
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Medicine, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Mexico, Porfiriato

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Vega y Ortega, Rodrigo; and Serrano, José Daniel. “Medicine, Pharmacy, and Chemistry in the Centennial of the Mexican Republic, 1911”. Boletín americanista, no. 67, pp. 183-0, https://raco.cat/index.php/BoletinAmericanista/article/view/275430.