Death Is All around UsLate nineteenth century Mexico was a country rife with health problems. In 1876, one out of every nineteen people died prematurely in Mexico City, a staggeringly high rate when compared to other major Western world capitals at the time, which saw more modest premature death rates of one out of fifty two (London), one out of forty four (Paris), and one out of thirty five (Madrid). It is not an exaggeration to maintain that each day dozens of bodies