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Las artes de curar en la Argentina moderna

Según la reseña de Astrid Dahhur, docente en la Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, publicada en el presente volumen de HCS-Manguinhos (vol 30, 2023), este libro, coordinado por Diego Armus, condensa algunas de las investigaciones que se vienen desarrollando desde hace algunos años en la Argentina rompiendo la imagen de una medicina académica alopática hegemónica.

Una historia de la profesionalización de la odontología en Colombia, 1900-1950

Este artículo estudia la profesionalización de la odontología en Colombia en la primera mitad del siglo XX y las tensiones entre los practicantes con diploma y los sin diploma.

Covid-19 as an issue of memory, truth, and justice

This interview with Deisy Ventura, professor at the Faculty of Public Health of the Universidade de São Paulo, discusses the political dimension of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. According to Ventura, the Brazilian government had a systematic policy for spreading the virus.

Fever: Global Histories of a Disease

The Project “FEVER – Global Histories of (a) Disease,” based at the University of Heidelberg’s History Department, recruits two doctoral researchers. The project explores the history of fever and febrile diseases in societies connected to the Atlantic world between 1750 and 1840.

Slavery, Health and Disease

Two articles published in the latest volume of HCS-Manguinhos (vol 30, 2023) explore issues related to slaves’ health and disease in eighteenth-century South America.

Black Consciousness in HCS-Manguinhos

From a historical perspective, we have selected articles that address racial issues in Brazil and the sad slave past that had profound and lasting consequences for our society. Articles also include topics related to black culture and resistance.