The beginnings of bacteriology in Brazil

 28 September 2017

On this day in 1895, one of the great scientists of microbiology, Louis Pasteur, died. The French chemist who gave his name to the pasteurisation process, is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the study of microorganisms and prevention of diseases.

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895).

The Pausterian medicine in Brazil had a great contribution to research in tropical diseases.

The paper Domingos José Freire and the beginnings of bacteriology in Brazil, by Jaime Benchimol (HCS-Manguinhos, 1995), examines the trajectory of the Brazilian bacteriologist and discusses his role in the introduction and development of Pasteurian medicine in Brazil.

Read more in HCS-Manguinhos:

Caponi, Sandra. Trópicos, microbios y vectoresHist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2002, vol.9, p.111-138. ISSN 0104-5970

Caponi, Sandra. Coordenadas epistemológicas de la medicina tropical. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Abr 2003, vol.10, no.1, p.113-149. ISSN 0104-5970

Caponi, Sandra. La generación espontánea y la preocupación higienista por la diseminación de los gérmenesHist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dic 2002, vol.9, no.3, p.591-608. ISSN 0104-5970

Lambrichs, Louise L. Les annees de formation d’un chercheur: Louis Pasteur. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Feb 1996, vol.2, no.3, p.07-31. ISSN 0104-5970

Malaquias, Anderson Gonçalves. O micróbio protagonista: notas sobre a divulgação da bacteriologia na Gazeta Médica da Bahia, século XIX. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Set 2016, vol.23, no.3.

Silva, André Felipe Cândido da. Yes, nós temos Pasteur. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Set 2009, vol.16, no.3.

Teixeira, Luiz Antonio, Sandoval, Maria Regina Cardoso and Takaoka, Neide Yumie. Instituto Pasteur de São Paulo: cem anos de combate à raiva. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dez 2004, vol.11, no.3.

Latour, Bruno. Os objetos têm história? Encontro de Pasteur com Whitehead num banho de ácido lácticoHist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jun 1995, vol.2, no.1.

Goulet, Denis. Entre les miasmes et les germes: L’impact de la bacteriologie sur la pratique medicale en territoire Canadien 1870-1930Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Feb 1995, vol.1, no.2.

Fernandes, Tania. Vacina antivariólica: seu primeiro século no Brasil (da vacina jenneriana à animal). Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jun 1999, vol.6, no.1.

Márquez Valderrama, Jorge. ¿Rumores, miedo o epidemia? La peste de 1913 y 1914 en la costa atlántica de Colombia. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jun 2001, vol.8, no.1.

Goubert, Jean-Pierre. La dive bouteille: voyages, alcools et remèdes dans les deux hémisphères XVIe-XXe siècle. Hist. cienc. saude, 2001, vol.8.

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