Medicina tropical: una ciencia entre la nación y el imperio Tropical medicine: a science between nation and empire - doi: 10.4025/dialogos.v14i2.467 Medicina Tropical: uma ciência entre a nação e o império - 10.4025/dialogos.v14i2.467
Flávio Coelho Edler
Diálogos · 2011
doi:10.4025/dialogos.v14i2.467 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
El art&iacute;culo trae una reflexi&oacute;n sobre el surgimiento de la Medicina Tropical y su relaci&oacute;n con las ideolog&iacute;as nacionalistas e imperialistas. Analiza el debate y la fuerte oposici&oacute;n en el medio m&eacute;dico ante la creaci&oacute;n de la disciplina, al mismo tiempo que desvenda varios puntos de vista de un ramo de la medicina que se jerarquiz&oacute; en la arena cient&iacute;fica, negando el determinismo mesol&oacute;gico que estigmatizaba como insalubre a la naturaleza brasile&ntilde;a.<br>The article brings a reflection on the genesis of tropical medicine and its relationship with nationalist and imperialist ideologies. It analyzes the debate and strong opposition within the medical field to create the discipline. It further unveils the several different viewpoints regarding a field of medicine that gained credit within the scientific arena, negating the mesologic determinism which stigmatized Brazil&rsquo;s nature as unhealthy.<br>O artigo traz uma reflex&atilde;o sobre a g&ecirc;nese da medicina tropical e sua rela&ccedil;&atilde;o com as ideologias nacionalistas e imperialistas. Analisa o debate e a forte oposi&ccedil;&atilde;o, dentro do meio m&eacute;dico, &agrave; cria&ccedil;&atilde;o da disciplina. Tamb&eacute;m desvenda os v&aacute;rios pontos de vista de um ramo da medicina que se credenciou na arena cient&iacute;fica ao negar o determinismo mesol&oacute;gico que estigmatizava como insalubre a natureza brasileira.
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