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Fotografía, medicina y corporalidad: el dispositivo de la imagen en las formas de aprehensión discursiva de la enfermedad

Resumen Estudiar y reflexionar sobre la enfermedad es poner de relieve las formas de ver y decir acerca de lo que puede un cuerpo y su potencia de ser afectado ante las huellas o vestigios que lo degradan. Este artículo expone los soportes epistemológicos de una investigación sobre las representacione...

Un siglo de asistencia en el Hospício Nacional de Alienados do Rio de Janeiro, 1852-1944

Este libro nos imbuye de una reflexión historiográfica que abarca la historia institucional, la historia de los saberes y las prácticas psiquiátricas, pero también la historia de personas, no solo del personal sanitario, sino de pacientes con una historia hecha “desde abajo” que abre la mirada...

Os hospitais em Portugal no século XIX e na primeira metade do século XX

Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos; 31 (supl.1), 2024
Resumo Desde a época moderna, em Portugal, a assistência à doença foi prestada, sobretudo, pelos hospitais, muitos deles criados pelas Misericórdias. No entanto, a criação de novos hospitais no século XIX e nas primeiras décadas do século XX não trouxe, necessariamente, uma melhoria no tratame...

"Éden Fluminense: " from a reforestation area on the Tijuca massif to a Europeanized public space in Rio de Janeiro in the latter half of the nineteenth century

Abstract This article reflects on the resignification of the Tijuca massif during the latter half of the nineteenth century after the planting of the Tijuca Forest, based on notions of the social uses of forests which were in line with Eurocentric imagery prizing nature. We utilized primary sources from ...

The influence of miasmatic theory on the construction of the Hospital Geral de Santo António in Porto in the nineteenth century

Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos; 31 (supl.1), 2024
Abstract The aim of this work is to ascertain the relevance of the miasmatic theory for the construction and spatial organization of the Hospital Geral de Santo António in Porto, Portugal, in the 19th century, from then recent graduate physicians' viewpoint. The methodology consists of analyzing the ina...

Hospitals and medical specialization in Lisbon, 1880-1933

Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos; 31 (supl.1), 2024
Abstract This study analyzes the influence of hospitals on medical specialization and resulting implications for the history of public health from 1880 to 1933, with a focus on Lisbon as a case study. After the 1755 earthquake, a shift occurred from Renaissance-style hospitals to a network of hospitals t...

Towards a history of global hospital governance, late nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century: a contribution to a history yet to be written

Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos; 31 (supl.1), 2024
Abstract This article draws on the recent historiography in international relations and global health, as well as selected archives, to propose some milestones for a history of global hospital governance from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. How can we identify a system of hospital gover...

El Bazar de la Caridad: el nacimiento de la odontología forense
The Charity Bazaar: the birth of forensic odontology

Rev. ADM; 80 (6), 2023
A finales del siglo XIX, París sufrió un evento catastrófico en el cual perecieron numerosas víctimas en un incendio en el interior del Bazar de la Caridad. La mayoría de las víctimas sufrieron una carbonización tal que no era posible reconocerlas por su apariencia física. Ante el reto de la ...