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Oswaldo Cruz e a controvérsia da sorologia (2011)

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Controversies and disputes Bacteriology Research and development (R&D) Public health Physicians; doctors Experiments and experimentation 20th century, early Brazil Cruz, Oswaldo Gonçalves Fajardo, Francisco Pereira, Miguel

This analysis of the discussion surrounding the efficacy of the plague serum produced by Manguinhos Institute in the early twentieth century begins with an overview of Oswaldo Cruz's service as head of the Public Health Directorship (Diretoria de Saúde Pública). The controversy itself is then addressed, through an exploration of correspondence exchanged by physicians Oswaldo Cruz, Miguel Pereira, Vital Brazil, Chapot Prévost, and Francisco Fajardo. Their letters reveal how bacteriology in Brazil was then marked by uncertainty and experimentation, even while this field of knowledge publicly touted itself as safe and incontestable. The article shows how arguments of an extra-scientific nature interfere with both research development and the acceptance of medical products.

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Authors & Contributors
Koichi Kameda
Velmet, Aro
Ann H. Kelly
Dwyer, Michael
Löwy, Ilana
Alexander I. Parry
Journals
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Social Studies of Science
Journal of Medical Biography
Social History of Medicine
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Medical History
Publishers
Wallstein Verlag
Oxford University Press
National University of Singapore Press
Liverpool University Press
New York University
Concepts
Public health
Bacteriology
Physicians; doctors
Medicine
Disease and diseases
Research and development (R&D)
People
Cruz, Oswaldo Gonçalves
Kinyoun, Joseph
Bardakh, Yakov Yulievich (1857–1929)
Porto d'Ave, A.
Pasteur, Louis
Neiva, Artur
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Brazil
United States
Germany
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
France
Great Britain
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Brazil)
Rockefeller Foundation
American Medical Association
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