Article ID: CBB002385906

Homeopathy in Sweden and Brazil, 1880–1930: ‘Golden ages’ with radically different implications (2019)

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In this paper on the comparative history of homeopathy in Sweden and Brazil, we approach the early decades of the twentieth century, which might be characterised as a ‘golden age’ for homeopathy in both countries. However, contexts and determinants were dramatically different, resulting in radically different implications. In Brazil, homeopathy was granted official governmental recognition, being consequently restricted to academically trained physicians, while all forms of lay healing were legally banned. In Sweden, homeopathy never achieved any formal institutional status, but eventually came to be permitted to lay healers, who earned the right to practice through a Riksdagen bill. Besides the commonplace discussions on the scientific (or not) basis of homeopathy, many other factors—the grounds underlying national health systems, in particular—have equal, if not greater, weight on the attitude vis-á´à-vis non-mainstream medical approaches.

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Authors & Contributors
Buisan, Joel Piqué
Gurstelle, Krystyna Herian
Visse, Merel
Franzén, Helena
Roth, Cassia
Luis Ferla
Concepts
Medicine and society
Medicine and culture
Authority of medicine
Homeopathy
Law and legislation
Women and health
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Sweden
Brazil
Ireland
United Kingdom
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Institutions
Uppsala Universitet (Sweden)
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