"Não é meu intuito estabelecer polêmica": a chegada da peste ao Brasil, análise de uma controvérsia, 1899 / "I do not wish to be controversial": the arrival of the plague in Brazil; analysis of a controversy, 1899
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos
; 20(supl.1): 1271-1285, 30/1jan. 2013.
Article
in Portuguese
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| ID: lil-697062
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BR1273.1
Localization: BR1273.1
RESUMO
Analisa um debate trazido a público pelo Jornal do Commercio , entre agosto e setembro de 1899, envolvendo duas autoridades sanitárias, Nuno de Andrade, diretor-geral de Saúde Pública, e Jorge Pinto, diretor de Higiene e Assistência Pública do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. No cerne da questão as medidas tomadas pelo governo federal para evitar a chegada da peste bubônica ao Brasil, a partir de uma epidemia existente na cidade do Porto, Portugal. O referencial teórico para a análise foi a noção de campo de Pierre Bourdieu e os estudos sobre controvérsia científica de Bruno Latour.
ABSTRACT
This article analyzes a debate brought to the public arena by Jornal do Commercio newspaper in August and September 1899 involving two sanitation officials Nuno de Andrade, Director-General of Public Health, and Jorge Pinto, Director of Hygiene and Public Welfare of the State of Rio de Janeiro. The issue in question was the measures taken by the federal government to prevent bubonic plague reaching Brazil from Porto, Portugal, where there was an epidemic. The theoretical framework for the analysis is Pierre Bourdieu’s notion of field, and Bruno Latour’s studies into scientific controversy.
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International databases
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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SDG3 - Target 3.3 End transmission of communicable diseases
Health problem:
Target 3.9: Reduce the amount of deaths produced by dangerous chemicals and the pollution of the air, water and soil
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Plague
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Plague
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Health Surveillance
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Epidemics
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Public Health Specialists
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Health Policy
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fiocruz/BR