The Physiotherapy Institutions of Mexico City
Prior to the turn of the 19th century individuals with lesser physical capacity from congenital diseases or acquired from work accidents, war wounds, etc., were commonly excluded from work and social environments because they were considered incapable of contributing to society. Medical care for this type of population was seen …
The Mexican Rehabilitation Institute, 1960 – 1983
The Mexican Rehabilitation Institute was founded in 1960 in Mexico City; responding to the social need for comprehensive rehabilitation for people with motor disabilities. The Institute was established as a civil society, receiving contributions from the Mexican government, private companies, and the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation. It became one of …
Book of Bodily Exercise
The work, “Book of Bodily Exercise”, written by Cristóbal Méndez in 1553, is significant to understand the education of the first physicians who came to México from Europe in the sixteenth century. Méndez was born in 1500-1501 in Spain, he studied Medicine at Salamanca and in 1528 travelled to Mexico. He was …