Medical dictamen on California's climate & diseases (from José Benítez's tour of Monterey & missions): climate judged *healthy*, no endemic disease; illness comes from cold/exposure/bad water/poor diet and 'carnal disorders,' contact with the infected, and natives' reliance on empirical 'national doctors' over rational medicine; syphilis (gálico) frequent & severe. Proposes an infirmary for the gentiles — esp. vs. syphilis, which 'without aid ravages the populations.'
| Date | 1805-05-10 México (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Vicente Mora (Protomedicato) |
| To | Viceroy |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XIX |
| Original tomo page | 152–155 |
| Savage copy page | 62–64 |
| Scan leaf | n63–n65 |
| Document type | transcription (dictamen) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Vicente Mora (Protomedicato) to Viceroy, 1805-05-10 México, Provincial State Papers, XIX, 152–155, Archives of California, C-A 12, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca12/ca12-d57.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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