Abstract

TORRES GALAN, Josefina  and  SANFILIPPO Y BORRAS, José. The birth of the Nursing School in Mexico City (1888-1911). Tzintzun. Rev. estud. históricos [online]. 2016, n.64, pp.139-164. ISSN 2007-963X.

During the 19th century, it was priests and nuns in Mexico City who cared for hospitalized patients and convalescents in their homes, with the support of women hired as servants. In 1888, the National School of Medicine tried to establish a nursing school, however, without success. The same idea was taken up ten years later by hiring American nurses, who started a fight in the General Hospital of Mexico in order to be recognized as "intelligent" support staff to the physicians.

Keywords : Nursing; Theoretical and practical school; Female responsibility; National School of Medicine.

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