Social medicine in sugar plantations: miasmas, second slavery and technical-scientific reforms (France, Saint-Domingue and Brazil, 19th century)

The article analyzes the circulation of ideas on the medicine of miasmas in the world of sugar mills between France, the Antilles, and Brazil in the 19th century. The choice of these spaces is justified by the dissemination of these ideals operated by the French physician and agronomist Jacques-Fran...

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Autor: Souza , Rafael Dalyson dos Santos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência (SBHC)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br:article/827
Acceso en línea:https://rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/827
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:medicina social
miasmas
plantation
escravidão
social medicine
miasma
slavery
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Sumario:The article analyzes the circulation of ideas on the medicine of miasmas in the world of sugar mills between France, the Antilles, and Brazil in the 19th century. The choice of these spaces is justified by the dissemination of these ideals operated by the French physician and agronomist Jacques-François Dutrone La Couture (1749-1814) in order to understand the exchanges between knowledge and local culture between these regions. We evaluate the connection between knowledge linked to social medicine and sociability on sugar plantations, such as slavery and traditional knowledge, giving social medicine practices a view little explored by historiography.