This online exhibition available at the website of the National Library of Medicine includes over 2,500 postcards about the profession of nursing during the 20th century.
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A place for birth
This paper explores women’s experiences in Casa de Parto David Capistrano Filho (CPDCF), a birthing house in Rio de Janeiro that offers a home-like environment, with a minimum of medical interventions during childbirth.
The Fred L. Soper Papers
Images and documents include research on Hookworm disease in South America, 1920-1927, the fight against Yellow Fever and Malaria in Brazil, 1928-1942, papers on World War II typhus fever and Malaria in the Mediterranean, and documents related Soper’s work at the Pan American Health Organisation, 1947-1959.
La historiografía chilena producida por mujeres
Este especial del sitio web del proyecto Memoria Chilena de la Biblioteca Nacional de Chile recopila parte de la historiografía chilena producida por mujeres.
Traditional Chinese Medicine against COVID-19
According to the text, Chinese medicine served as a source of inspiration for developing new treatments at three different levels: traditional medicinal herbs, traditional medical formulas, and traditional medical texts.
Una historia de la eugenesia en el Chile del siglo XX
El libro “The Religion of Life”, de Sarah Walsh, examina la relación entre el catolicismo y la eugenesia en el Chile de principios del siglo XX. Acceda a la reseña de Felipe Martínez-Fernández publicada en HCS-Manguinhos.
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