EL CÓLERA-MORBO ASIÁTICO Y SUS INTERROGANTES: RECOMENDACIONES QUE EN MATERIA DE CUIDADOS MATEO SEOANE ENVIÓ DESDE SU EXILIO (1832-1833).

Objective. It has been tried to deepen the care that was recommended by the author during the first cholera pandemic. Method. This is a socio-historical study, using for its development as “ethnographic sources” three books by Mateo Seoane. Results. The author and his work are presented, his subjective feeling towards the new disease, the fear of contagion on the part of the caregivers, the patient’s bed and other care tools are described, explains the symptomatology to take care of in the cholera patient, the bleeding and other elements of the therapy, the use of the bathroom inside the cares, as well as what they consisted during the convalescence. Conclusions. The disease and mainly its care has been shown, through the eyes of a chronicler, a direct witness who lived and studied it. It presents a disease of easy transmission and dissemination, that is, conditions that will allow it to expand in an epidemic and pandemic manner. I can say that I have investigated health culture in a time of crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]