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  • The historical sources mention various kinds of wind, for example, such as the warm solar or celestial wind, tona ehécatl, or the cold aquatic wind, ehécatl atl, or the even more frigid airs, mictlan ehécatl, emanating from the dark underworld, all of which could shift the body into a state of disequilibrium. 46

    Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

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