Once indigenous medicine were destroyed and Western medicine were imposed, the colonized were denied the "secret" sustaining scientific practices and, while they were asked to have faith in its methods, they were demoted to an auxiliary role in the task of scientific campaigning.
Una vez destruida la medicina autóctona e impuesta la occidental se negó a los colonizados el 'secreto' que sustentaba las prácticas científicas y, a la par que se les pedía fe en sus métodos, se les relegaba a un papel auxiliar en la tarea del apostolado científico.