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Rudolf Kraus em busca do "ouro da ciência": a diversidade tropical e a elaboração de novas terapêuticas, 1913-1923 / Rudolf Kraus in search of the "gold of science": tropical diversity and the development of new treatments, 1913-1923
Cavalcanti, Juliana Manzoni.
Affiliation
  • Cavalcanti, Juliana Manzoni; Fiocruz. Casa de Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pós-graduação em História das Ciências e da Saúde. Rio de Janeiro. BR
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos ; 20(1): 221-237, jan-mar. 2013. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-669430
Responsible library: BR1273.1
Localization: BR1273.1
RESUMO
Com base na trajetória de Rudolf Kraus, o artigo analisa a busca de curas para doenças infecciosas em regiões tropicais no início do século XX, dando especial atenção à elaboração por Kraus de novos terapêuticos biológicos como soros, vacinas e soluções proteicas. As regiões tropicais eram com frequência apresentadas como mais propícias à pesquisa devido à maior quantidade de organismos a identificar e também à concorrência supostamente menor entre pares. Os trópicos eram, assim, considerados um oásis para as pesquisas microbiológicas. Kraus dedicou-se à fabricação de diversos produtos de origem biológica, mas não teve o sucesso esperado com muitos deles.
ABSTRACT
Based on the career of Rudolf Kraus, the article analyzes the search for cures to infectious diseases in tropical regions in the early twentieth century, focusing especially on Kraus' development of new biological treatments like sera, vaccines, and protein solutions. At that time, the world's tropical regions were often portrayed as more propitious for research, given the larger number of organisms that could be identified in these realms and an allegedly lower level of peer competition as well. The tropics were thus seen as an oasis for microbiological research. Kraus dedicated himself to the production of various products of biological origin, but he failed to achieve his hoped-for success with many of them.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas / SDG3 - Health and Well-Being Health problem: Goal 10: Communicable diseases / Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases Database: LILACS Main subject: Vaccines / Communicable Disease Control / Public Health / Immune Sera Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America Language: Portuguese Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2013 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Fiocruz/BR

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas / SDG3 - Health and Well-Being Health problem: Goal 10: Communicable diseases / Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases Database: LILACS Main subject: Vaccines / Communicable Disease Control / Public Health / Immune Sera Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America Language: Portuguese Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2013 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Fiocruz/BR
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