Researching documents on the history of Hansen's disease in Brazil

História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos

Vicente Saul Moreira Dos Santos¹ 

[1] ,Oxford University Unit for the History of Medicine Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: leprosy;    memory;    history of public health;    public health policies;    medical press;    lepra;    memória;    história da saúde pública;    política de saúde pública;    imprensa médica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-59702003000400019

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This article corresponds to part of the results of a research on leprosy-related sources developed in several institutions in the city of Rio de Janeiro. At Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, Arquivo Nacional and Biblioteca Nacional, books, indexes, official documents and photos on the administration of leprosaria and articles on the treatment of the disease have been investigated. At Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (CPDOC-FGV), several files have been researched, mainly those with innformation the health policies of the first Vargas administration (1930-1945). This research is part of the International Leprosy Association Global Project on the History of Leprosy. Its results can be accessed at the site http://www.leprosyhistory.org.

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