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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Curers and Their Cures in Colonial New Spain and Guatemala: The Spanish Component | |
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| Curanderismo in Mexico and Guatemala: Its Historical Evolution from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century | |
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| Central and North Mexican Shamans | |
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| A Comparative Analysis of Southern Mexican and Guatemalan Shamans | |
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| Mistress of Lo Espiritual | |
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| Recruitment, Training, and Practice of Indigenous Midwives: From the Mexico-United States Border to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec | |
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| Maya Midwives of Southern Mexico and Guatemala | |
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| Relations between Government Health Workers and Traditional Midwives in Guatemala | |
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| Mesoamerican Bonesetters | |
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| Mexican Physicians, Nurses, and Social Workers | |
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| Mesoamerican Healers and Medical Anthropology: Summary and Concluding Remarks | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References Cited | |
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| Contributors to the Volume | |
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| Index | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| List of Names of Indigenous Mesoamerican Groups | |
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| Features of Cleaning and Sucking Treatments | |
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| Sources Used for Regional Comparisons of Indigenous Midwives | |
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| Geographic Distribution of Midwives and Other Birth Attendants | |
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| Prenatal Activities of Indigenous Midwives | |
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| Postpartum Activities in Indigenous Groups | |
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| The Four Most Common Medical Specialties Combined with Midwifery | |
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| Secular and Sacred Recruitment Paths of Hueyapan's Midwives | |
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| Recruitment (Secular vs. Sacred) of Hueyapan's Midwives and Regular Collaboration | |
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| Male Midwives, Husband, Children, and Male Curer Present at Birth | |
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| Mean Age of Midwives in Indigenous Groups | |
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| Presence of a Traditional Medical Organization among Indigenous Groups | |
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| Traditional Medical Organization by Size of Population | |
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| Communities, Language Groups, and Bibliographic Sources | |
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| Demographic Characteristics of the Midwives | |
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| Comparison between Selected Demographic Characteristics of Traditional Midwives and Government Health Care Providers | |
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| Comparison between Traditional Midwives' and Health Services' Practices | |
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| Relations between Traditional Midwives and Government Health Care Providers | |
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| Recruitment and Training of Bonesetters by Linguistic Group | |
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| Gender Distribution among Bonesetters by Linguistic Group | |
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| Twentieth-Century Demographic Record for Mexico | |
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| The Five Principal Ailments by Region | |
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| Increase in Physicians and Paramedical Staff in Mexico, 1970 to 1995 | |
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| Intake and Exit Figures for Male and Female Medical Students, 1986 to 1994 | |
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| Increase of Nursing Profession in SSA, IMSS, and ISSTE, 1965 to 1995 | |
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| Growth in the Number of Physicians in Mexico since 1980 | |
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| Total Nurses and Auxiliary Nurses in SSA, IMSS, and ISSSTE in 1980 and 1996 | |
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| Organizational Distribution of Physicians and Nurses in SSA, IMSS, IMSS-Solidaridad, and ISSSTE in 1993 | |
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| Geographical Distribution of Population, Physicians, Nurses, and Paramedical Staff in Mexico in 1990 and 1993 | |
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| Health Sector Infrastructure and Resources in Mexico and Mexico, D.F. | |
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| Medical Service Indicators, 1995 | |
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| List of Figures | |
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| Western Mesoamerica | |
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| Eastern Mesoamerica | |
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| Locations of native cultures whose shamans are described in this chapter | |
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| Altar of a Sierra Nahnu shaman | |
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| Sierra Nahnu paper figure representing the animating force of the patient with companion spirit animals | |
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| Mutilated paper figure found beside the graveyard in Tenango de Doria | |
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| Health system structure and ideal referral patterns in Guatemala | |
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| Percentage distribution of physicians in Mexico in 1990 | |