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: García, Mónica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23305
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks037
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23305
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bacteriology
Colombia
History
Inoculations
Yellow fever
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spelling Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890García, MónicaBacteriologyColombiaHistoryInoculationsYellow feverThis 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.20122020-05-26T00:01:02Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks0370951631X14774666https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23305reponame:Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosarioinstname:Universidad del Rosarioinstacron:Universidad del Rosarioenghttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84868007141&doi=10.1093%2fshm%2fhks037&partnerID=40&md5=2dcb3bbc9d924c0b0896f2ce59228f9einfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-05-02T07:37:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890
title Producing knowledge about tropical fevers in the andes: Preventive inoculations and yellow fever in Colombia, 1880-1890
spellingShingle 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
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
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García, Mónica
author García, Mónica
author_facet García, Mónica
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bacteriology
Colombia
History
Inoculations
Yellow fever
topic Bacteriology
Colombia
History
Inoculations
Yellow fever
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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