Article ID: CBB001510470

Doenças no Brasil Oitocentista: alimentação como prevenção na produção médica da Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro (1832--1889) (2014)

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This aim of the present study was to contribute to the discussions on health and diseases prevention in 19th century Brazil by analyzing medical dissertations defended at the School of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro. Those dissertations reflect the scientific, political and economical changes underwent by Brazil at that time, being that many of them were elaborated at time of epidemic breakouts, and thus are devoted to topics of public health and hygiene. The present analysis emphasizes the role of food in diseases prevention, and allowed identifying aspects of continuity with older notions on diet, which were not erased by the new knowledge on nutrition introduced by chemistry and experimental physiology.

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Authors & Contributors
Antonio Longo
Haushofer, Lisa
Roth, Cassia
Cristiana Loureiro de Mendonça Couto
Thoms, Ulrike
Biltekoff, Charlotte
Concepts
Public health
Disease and diseases
Nutrition; dietetics
Food and foods
Health
Hygiene
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
Places
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
United States
Great Britain
Portugal
Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
Institutions
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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