Abstract

MURILLO-GODINEZ, Guillermo. Panaceas, alternative and similar medicines: the boom and triumph of medical pseudoscience. Med. interna Méx. [online]. 2019, vol.35, n.1, pp.113-143. ISSN 0186-4866.  https://doi.org/10.24245/mim.v35i1.2233.

Mexico in particular seems to be, for more than a century, one of the world’s paradises of charlatans. It was precisely in our country where the term “merolico” was coined, derived from the surname of the Polish Jewish “doctor” Rafael Juan de Meraulyock. From then until our days, we have seen a parade of panaceas, alternative medicines and similar, that in many occasions compete with our daily work in the search for the health of Mexican patients. Below we review the main therapies mentioned.

Keywords : Complementary therapies; Alternative medicines; Panacea; Acupuncture.

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