The Sanitary Movement in Brazil: the vision of illness as a “national harm” and health as a redeemer

Authors

  • Luana Tieko Omena Tamano USP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/khronos.v0i4.131909

Keywords:

Science, History, Hygiene, Sanitation

Abstract

The aims of this article is to reflect upon the sanitary movement in Brazilian 1910s decennial, through a historical analysis. It seeks to understand how sanitary doctors presented the idea of illness as a central problem that explained the national "delay". It also crave to understand what this movement meant to the national public health, intending to demonstrate how the sanitary precepts were considered of great importance by intellectual and political elite, resulting in its advertising and application.

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Author Biography

  • Luana Tieko Omena Tamano, USP
    Historiadora graduada pela Unuversidade Federal de Alagoas e Mestre em História pela Universidade de São Paulo. Atuamente é aluna de Doutorado em História Social (História da Ciência) na Universidade de São Paulo.

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Published

2017-09-11

Issue

No. 4 (2017)

Section

Artigos

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How to Cite

Omena Tamano, L. T. (2017). The Sanitary Movement in Brazil: the vision of illness as a “national harm” and health as a redeemer. Khronos, 4, 102-115. https://doi.org/10.11606/khronos.v0i4.131909