Sacraments and Disease in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, 1648-1727

Patch postulates that measles was probably the cause of high death rates in Merida Yucatan Mexico during 1726-27. He uses sacramental records to differentiate between the epidemic of that season and the yellow fever epidemics that broke out between 1648 and 1709.

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Published in:The Historian (Kingston) 1996-06, Vol.58 (4), p.731-743
Main Author: Patch, Robert W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Death
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Famine
History
Measles
Mortality
Pathogens
Priests
Sacraments
Yellow fever
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Summary:Patch postulates that measles was probably the cause of high death rates in Merida Yucatan Mexico during 1726-27. He uses sacramental records to differentiate between the epidemic of that season and the yellow fever epidemics that broke out between 1648 and 1709.
ISSN:0018-2370
1540-6563
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6563.1996.tb00971.x