Article ID: CBB000831573

Os cientistas brasileiros visitam a Amazônia: as viagens científicas de Oswaldo Cruz e Carlos Chagas (1910--1913) (2007)

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Schweickardt, Júlio César (Author)
Lima, Nísia Trinidade [Trindade] (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 14 suppl.
Issue: suppl.
Pages: 15-50


Publication Date: 2007
Edition Details: Translated title: [Brazilian Scientists Visit the Amazon: The Scientific Journeys of Oswaldo Cruz and Carlos Chagas (1910--13)] In Portuguese.
Language: Portuguese

The article analyzes reports from two scientific journeys into the Amazon conducted by the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, in 1910 and 1913, under the leadership of Oswaldo Cruz and Carlos Chagas, respectively. These reports contributed to the construction of representations and images of the region. Field observations not only provided data for the study and control of tropical diseases but also had a hand in the movement to denounce the serious sanitation conditions under which rubber workers labored. Journeys through the Amazon valley put the scientists in direct contact with the environment and with sick populations; these travels also made them face the huge challenges of learning about malaria and trying to control it. Analyses of these reports are part of studies on 'portraits of Brazil', which raise issues within the history of public health policies. In this endeavor to reveal the process by which scientific records are constructed, we worked with primary sources, from manuscripts to official texts. Keywords : Amazon; Brazil; scientific journeys; medical reports; sanitation.

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Authors & Contributors
Silva, André Felipe Cândido da
Benchimol, Jaime Larry
Limeira-DaSilva, Victor Rafael
Wilkinson, Lise
Vieira, Ismael Cerqueira
Valobra, Adriana
Concepts
Public health
Tropical medicine
Malaria
Sanitation
Medicine
Parasitic diseases
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
21st century
Places
Brazil
Amazon River Region (South America)
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Middle and Near East
Bogotá (Colombia)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Brazil)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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