title: [Resignifying hygienic concepts: the establishment of a sanitation authority in Buenos Aires in the 1880s].
abstract: The late nineteenth century saw the establishment of a sanitation authority in Buenos Aires, grounded on the ideas of nineteenth century hygienics. The article focuses on the scientific, technical and political innovations that were introduced and on the role that the process of medical professionalization played within this institution. The features of the sanitation policy that came to prevail in Buenos Aires at the turn of the century helped shape a system of standards and archetypes regarding the human body and its physical and mental well-being.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Historia, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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authors.lastname: Alvarez
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006920:Hygiene / Q000266:history*; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000266:history*; D012499:Sanitation / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Resignificando los conceptos de la higiene: el surgimiento de una autoridad sanitaria en el Buenos Aires de los anos 80.