Article ID: CBB001420573

Contar para curar: estadísticas y comunidad médica en Argentina, 1880--1940 (2012)

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The article analyzes the links between the professional medical community and the institutionalization of statistics in Argentina in 1880-1940. It begins with the initial period of medical and demographic statistics in Argentina, which bore ties to late nineteenth-century hygienist ideals and projects. It then describes the later organization and consolidation of a state agency responsible for producing these data, which, interestingly enough, was headed by a woman for several decades. The challenges encountered in training technical staff to produce public statistics are also examined. Based on information found in specialized magazines, the analysis likewise explores the tensions and controversies that arose within the medical community over the use of the numerical method.

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Authors & Contributors
Sposini, Filippo Maria
Sukumar P. Desai
Shreena A. Vyas
Hochstadt, Steve
Allevi, José Ignacio
Delalandre, Matthieu
Concepts
Demography; population research
Controversies and disputes
Discipline formation
Science and politics
Medicine
Social sciences
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Argentina
England
Romania
Sweden
Spain
South Africa
Institutions
Universidad Nacional del Litoral
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
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