Resumen

FIERROS HERNANDEZ, Arturo. Los inicios de la salud pública en Baja California, México, y California, Estados Unidos, siglos XIX y XX. Región y sociedad [online]. 2016, vol.28, n.67, pp.315-346. ISSN 2448-4849.

This paper provides an overview of the border and its health problems drawn from common elements of society such as trade and the flow of people. It also allows the reader to delve into the construction of the border between California and (Current) Northern Baja California District from sanitary regulations in the area from the modernization of cities in the area.

Palabras llave : border; Public Health; modernization; epidemics; medicine.