About martyrdoms and priests: medicine and building the Jesuit-Guarani reductions (XVII century)

This article broaches the involvement of the Jesuit missionaries with the attendance of ill Indians, understood as practice that confers sense and relevance to apostolate and through which they can reach their edification by salvation of the Indian souls. The effort to cure the illnesses, that compr...

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Autor: Fleck, Eliane Cristina Deckmann
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Estudos Ibero-Americanos
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/1324
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/iberoamericana/article/view/1324
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Jesuits
Medicine
Pharmacopeia
Jesuitas
Medicina
Farmacopea
Jesuítas
Farmacopéia
Descripción
Sumario:This article broaches the involvement of the Jesuit missionaries with the attendance of ill Indians, understood as practice that confers sense and relevance to apostolate and through which they can reach their edification by salvation of the Indian souls. The effort to cure the illnesses, that compromised the reach of this objective, stays evinced in the use of the American pharmacopeia and therapeutic practices, in spite of the denial of their traditional ceremonial effectiveness.