Madnes, neurasthenia, and modernity. Medico-legal and popular interpretations of suicide in early twentieth-century lima /
This article examines medico-legal and popular interpretations of suicide in early twentieth-century Lima. In this period, often referred to as the Aristocratic Republic, physicians and came to challenge the tradicional interpretation of scientific and legal thought and came to challenge the tradcio...
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Sumari: | This article examines medico-legal and popular interpretations of suicide in early twentieth-century Lima. In this period, often referred to as the Aristocratic Republic, physicians and came to challenge the tradicional interpretation of scientific and legal thought and came to challenge the tradcional interepretations of the Church, which insisted than suicide was a voluntary act |
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