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Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890

This paper analyses the emergence of yellow fever as a distinct disease in Colombia in the 1880s. Originally considered a variety of periodic paludic fever, confined to coastlines and warm river valleys, yellow fever was redefined by Colombian doctors over a period of less than ten years, as a disti...

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Autor Principal: García, Mónica
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: 2012
Materias:
Bacteriology
Colombia
History
Inoculations
Yellow fever
Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23305
https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks037
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spelling ir-10336-233052022-05-02T12:37:17Z Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890 García, Mónica Bacteriology Colombia History Inoculations Yellow fever This paper analyses the emergence of yellow fever as a distinct disease in Colombia in the 1880s. Originally considered a variety of periodic paludic fever, confined to coastlines and warm river valleys, yellow fever was redefined by Colombian doctors over a period of less than ten years, as a distinct non-paludic, fever, which could occur in temperate lands and which was caused by a micro-organism. Two phenomena were fundamental in this shift: the unexpected outbreaks of paludic-like fevers in highland and inland areas, and the controversy surrounding the Pasteurian practice of the preventive inoculations of germs. This case study sheds light on the way medical knowledge is produced in a particular locality. © 2012 The Author. 2012 2020-05-26T00:01:02Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 0951631X 14774666 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23305 https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks037 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf instname:Universidad del Rosario
institution EdocUR - Universidad del Rosario
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language Inglés (English)
topic Bacteriology
Colombia
History
Inoculations
Yellow fever
spellingShingle Bacteriology
Colombia
History
Inoculations
Yellow fever
García, Mónica
Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890
description This paper analyses the emergence of yellow fever as a distinct disease in Colombia in the 1880s. Originally considered a variety of periodic paludic fever, confined to coastlines and warm river valleys, yellow fever was redefined by Colombian doctors over a period of less than ten years, as a distinct non-paludic, fever, which could occur in temperate lands and which was caused by a micro-organism. Two phenomena were fundamental in this shift: the unexpected outbreaks of paludic-like fevers in highland and inland areas, and the controversy surrounding the Pasteurian practice of the preventive inoculations of germs. This case study sheds light on the way medical knowledge is produced in a particular locality. © 2012 The Author.
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author García, Mónica
author_facet García, Mónica
author_sort García, Mónica
title Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890
title_short Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890
title_full Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890
title_fullStr Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890
title_full_unstemmed Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890
title_sort producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: preventive inoculations and yellow fever in colombia, 1880-1890
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url https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23305
https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks037
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