Armed conflict, disease and death: health in the Caste War (Yucatán, Mexico) in the second half of the nineteenth century

Abstract An analysis of the relationship between health and war in the context of the Caste War in Yucatan, Mexico, during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using qualitative and quantitative sources, this article reconstructs the main critical health events and argues that the health/disease process at the time can necessarily only be explained in relation to variables connected to the conflict, such as arms trafficking, displacements, diasporas and migrations, food shortages, violence and administrative chaos.

摘要：本研究以19世纪下半叶墨西哥尤卡坦地区的种姓战争（Caste War）为背景，剖析健康与战争之间的关联。本文依托定性与定量史料，还原了彼时主要的关键性健康事件，并提出彼时的健康/疾病进程必然只能结合与该冲突相关的各类变量加以阐释，这些变量包括武器走私、人口流离、族群散居与迁徙、粮食短缺、暴力冲突以及行政混乱。