The work of the Protomedicato in public health in the viceroyalty of Peru; [O trabalho do Protomedicato na saúde pública no vice-reinado do Peru]

Varillas P.E.R. · Cultura de los Cuidados (2024) · DOI: 10.14198/cuid.26145

Resumen

The objective of this research is to know the role that the Protomedicato played in public health in the viceroyalty of Peru. The methodology used was historical narration following the heuristic and hermeneutic method, using primary documentary sources from Peruvian and Spanish historical archives. The result obtained was to confirm that the Protomedicato looked after the health of the neighbors and that it had a judicial administrative nature and its main functions were to regularize the work of those who carried out any type of health care, granting licenses, setting tariffs and monitoring the work carried out in pharmacies and the quality of medicines, through periodic visits. The conclusion determines that there were health improvements as a consequence of the management of the Protomedicato in the viceroyalty of Peru, proposing health measures and even ordered the mobilization of medical personnel throughout the viceroyalty and participated in any consultation from other colonial entities, such as the council, referring to public health, such as elimination of ditches, declaration of pests, and others.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal