Behind the internationalism and hygiene education displayed in the pictures about the hygiene exhibitions, intense diplomatic negotiations with economic goals and desires for profit took place, as a result of which many objects and collections crossed the Atlantic.
Our current issue features an interview with historian of science, technology, and medicine Christopher Hamlin in which he explains how he became interested in the history of public health. In 2010, his book “Cholera: The biography” was one of the British Medical Association’s highly commended books.
En la sección Testimonios COVID-19 (HCSM v.29, Jan-Mar 2022), Marcelo Sánchez Delgado, Profesor asistente, Centro de Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos / Universidad de Chile, analiza la pandemia en el país en el contexto de crisis neoliberal.
Según se explica en el estudio, al régimen franquista le preocupaba el bajo índice de natalidad del país. Pero, además de lograr un incremento en el número de nacimientos, se pretendía mejorar la calidad de la población.
The editor’s note of HCS-Manguinhos’ latest issue (vol.29 no.1 Rio de Janeiro Jan./Mar. 2022) highlights the challenges facing history journals in the midst of the current scenario of uncertainties in Brazil. Scientific editor, Marcos Cueto, and executive editor, Roberta Cardoso Cerqueira, draw attention to the collective editorial of the Forum of...
It features topics such as knowledge of healing practices and plants, the circulation of medical knowledge in South America, mental hygiene in early childhood, the Gaceta Médica de México and scientific medicine, eugenics, and syphilis in Spain, among other themes.
