Article ID: CBB001552742

Discussions Regarding the Reconstruction of the Significance of Leprosy in the Post-Sulfone Period, Minas Gerais, in the 1950s (2015)

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Carvalho, Keila Auxiliadora (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 22, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 541-558


Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Portuguese.
Language: Portuguese

From a historical viewpoint, all the elements surrounding a disease, from its name to the weight of meaning attached to it, are the result of "negotiations" in which many sections of society are participants. In the case of leprosy, the discovery of sulfones in 1941 made a significant contribution towards transforming our understanding of this disease, leading to questions being raised as to the measures adopted for its prevention and control, particularly the compulsory isolation of sufferers. On the basis of these assumptions, this article examines the debate which took place regarding the process whereby the old prophylactic procedures for the control of leprosy were replaced, in an important national journal, Arquivos Mineiros de Leprologia, in the 1950s.

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Authors & Contributors
Buckingham, Jane
Steve Howard
Mokake, Flavius M.
Liu, Shao-Hua
Robert Gilmore McKinnell
Brenner, Elma
Concepts
Disease and diseases
Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
Medicine
Public health
Health care
Organic chemistry
Time Periods
20th century
Medieval
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
12th century
Places
Islands of the Pacific
United States
China
Louisiana (U.S.)
Cameroon (Country)
Cairo (Egypt)
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