[Just swallow: four centuries of doctors and medicines in Curaçao].

The author focuses on how medicine, pharmacy and health care evolved in Curaçao (The Netherlands Antilles) in the last 40 years. By relating the global history of medicine he describes the introduction and influence of medicine, pharmacy and medical theories on the island. He also looks at the illnesses that manifested themselves there and gives statistics of life expectancy and population growth.