{"id":2321,"date":"2014-12-03T19:27:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T21:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2014-12-04T08:26:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T10:26:22","slug":"contagion-historical-views-of-diseases-and-epidemics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/contagion-historical-views-of-diseases-and-epidemics\/","title":{"rendered":"Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The malaria mosquito. During the construction of the Panama Canal, 1904\u20131914, malaria and yellow fever were dangerous obstacles.<\/p><\/div>\n

Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics<\/em>\u00a0is a digital library collection that brings a unique set of resources from Harvard\u2019s libraries to Internet users everywhere. Offering valuable insights to students of the history of medicine and to researchers seeking an historical context for current epidemiology, the collection contributes to the understanding of the global, social\u2013history, and public\u2013policy implications of disease.\u00a0Contagion<\/em>is also a unique social\u2013history resource for students of many ages and disciplines.<\/p>\n

Created by the Harvard University Library\u2019s Open Collections Program with vital support from\u00a0Arcadia<\/a>, the collection provides general background information on diseases and epidemics worldwide, and is organized around significant \u201cepisodes\u201d of contagious disease.<\/p>\n

These materials include digitized copies of books, serials, pamphlets, incunabula, and manuscripts\u2014a total of more than 500,000 pages\u2014many of which contain visual materials, such as plates, engravings, maps, charts, broadsides, and other illustrations. The collection also includes two unique sets of visual materials from the Center for the History of Medicine at Harvard\u2019s Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.<\/p>\n

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Vaccinating the Baby. From the holdings of Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine\u2014Harvard Medical School.<\/p><\/div>\n

Library materials and archival materials are supplemented by explanatory pages that introduce concepts related to diseases and epidemics, historical approaches to medicine, and notable men and women.<\/p>\n

Check the collection at\u00a0http:\/\/ocp.hul.harvard.edu\/contagion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related articles in English and Spanish:<\/p>\n

Nussenzweig, Ruth Sonntag.\u00a0Breakthroughs towards a malaria vaccine.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, June 2011, vol.18, no.2, p.559-564. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n

Gachelin, Gabriel and Opinel, Annick.\u00a0Malaria epidemics in Europe after the First World War<\/b>:\u00a0the early stages of an international approach to the control of the disease<\/b><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, June 2011, vol.18, no.2, p.431-470. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n

M\u00f3nica Garc\u00eda, Claudia.Las ‘fiebres del Magdalena’<\/b>:medicina y sociedad en la construcci\u00f3n de una noci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica colombiana, 1859-1886<\/b><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Mar 2007, vol.14, no.1, p.63-89. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n

Alcal\u00e1 Ferr\u00e1ez, Carlos.\u00a0De miasmas a mosquitos<\/b>:\u00a0el pensamiento m\u00e9dico sobre la fiebre amarilla en Yucat\u00e1n, 1890-1920<\/b><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Mar 2012, vol.19, no.1, p.71-87. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n

Serr\u00f3n, V\u00edctor.\u00a0Epidemia y perplejidades m\u00e9dicas<\/b>:Uruguay, 1918-1919<\/b><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Set 2011, vol.18, no.3, p.701-722. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n

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