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Between the foreign and the local: French midwifery, traditional practitioners, and vernacular medical knowledge about childbirth in Lima, Peru / Entre o estrangeiro e o local: obstetrizes francesas, médicos tradicionais e conhecimento médico vernáculo sobre partos em Lima, Peru
Warren, Adam.
  • Warren, Adam; University of Washington. History Department. Seattle. US
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos ; 22(1): 179-200, Jan-Mar/2015.
Article in English | LILACS, BDS | ID: lil-741513
ABSTRACT
This article examines the politics of midwifery and the persecution of untitled female assistants in childbirth in early republican Peru. A close reading of late colonial publications and the works of Benita Paulina Cadeau Fessel, a French obstetriz director of a midwifery school in Lima, demonstrates both trans-Atlantic and local influences in the campaign against untitled midwives. Cadeau Fessel's efforts to promote midwifery built upon debates among writers in Peru's enlightened press, who vilified untrained midwives' and wet nurses' vernacular medical knowledge and associated them with Lima's underclass. One cannot understand the transfer of French knowledge about professional midwifery to Peru without reference to the social, political, and cultural context.
RESUMO
Este artigo analisa as políticas de práticas de parteiras profissionais e a condenação de parteiras leigas nos primórdios do Peru republicano. A leitura atenta de publicações de fins do período colonial e dos trabalhos de Benita Paulina Cadeau Fessel, obstetriz francesa diretora de uma escola de parteiras em Lima, revela influência tanto transatlântica como local na campanha contra as parteiras sem titulação. Cadeau Fessel promovia seu ofício com base em debates veiculados na imprensa peruana ilustrada, que aviltavam o conhecimento tradicional de amas de leite e parteiras leigas e as associavam às classes desfavorecidas. Só é possível compreender a transferência do conhecimento francês sobre trabalho de parteiras profissionais para o Peru relacionando-a ao contexto social, político e cultural.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Oxidopamine / Neuroprotective Agents / Parkinsonian Disorders / Curcumin / Hippocampus / Antiparkinson Agents Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: South America / Peru Language: English Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: University of Washington/US

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Oxidopamine / Neuroprotective Agents / Parkinsonian Disorders / Curcumin / Hippocampus / Antiparkinson Agents Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: South America / Peru Language: English Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: University of Washington/US