Las ‘Fiebres del Magdalena’: medicina y sociedad en la construcción de una noción médica colombiana, 1859-1886
In this article, I explore the theoretical, social and ideological bases of the emergence and consolidation of the Colombian medical notion of the 'Magdalena fevers'. Firstly I show how, in the late 1850s, the emerging Colombian body of medical doctors elaborated peculiar notions on fevers...
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ir-10336-198012019-09-19T12:37:54Z Las ‘Fiebres del Magdalena’: medicina y sociedad en la construcción de una noción médica colombiana, 1859-1886 ‘Magdalena fevers‘: medicine and society in the construction of a Colombian medical notion, 1859-1886 García, Claudia Mónica Magdalena fevers history of fevers yellow fever malaria fiebres del Magdalena Historia de las fiebres Fiebre amarilla Malaria In this article, I explore the theoretical, social and ideological bases of the emergence and consolidation of the Colombian medical notion of the 'Magdalena fevers'. Firstly I show how, in the late 1850s, the emerging Colombian body of medical doctors elaborated peculiar notions on fevers by articulating the European medical theories (i.e. the miasmatic theory and the climatic determination of diseases) with the negative valuation of the hot climate. Secondly, I explain how free trade policies in the mid-1800s, and the economic and ideological impacts of the agricultural export of tobacco and indigo determined doctors' interest in the epidemics occurring in the production centers and also, therefore, the emergence of the notion of 'Magdalena fevers'. I also show how doctors established a causal association between the productive process of those goods and the fevers. 2007 2019-05-29T19:07:42Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1678-4758 http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/19801 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702007000100004. spa http://www.scielo.br/revistas/hcsm/eaboutj.htm info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf |
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In this article, I explore the theoretical, social and ideological bases of the emergence and consolidation of the Colombian medical notion of the 'Magdalena fevers'. Firstly I show how, in the late 1850s, the emerging Colombian body of medical doctors elaborated peculiar notions on fevers by articulating the European medical theories (i.e. the miasmatic theory and the climatic determination of diseases) with the negative valuation of the hot climate. Secondly, I explain how free trade policies in the mid-1800s, and the economic and ideological impacts of the agricultural export of tobacco and indigo determined doctors' interest in the epidemics occurring in the production centers and also, therefore, the emergence of the notion of 'Magdalena fevers'. I also show how doctors established a causal association between the productive process of those goods and the fevers. |
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García, Claudia Mónica |
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Las ‘Fiebres del Magdalena’: medicina y sociedad en la construcción de una noción médica colombiana, 1859-1886 |
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Las ‘Fiebres del Magdalena’: medicina y sociedad en la construcción de una noción médica colombiana, 1859-1886 |
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