Download or read book From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism written by Steven Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism presents the history of medical practice in Costa Rica from the late colonial era-when none of the fifty thousand inhabitants had access to a titled physician, pharmacist, or midwife-to the 1940s, when the figure of the qualified medical doctor was part of everyday life for many of Costa Rica's nearly one million citizens. It is the first book to chronicle the history of all healers, both professional and popular, in a Latin American country during the national period. Steven Palmer breaks with the view of popular and professional medici.