title: [Brazil-Medico and the contributions of medical-hygienist thought to the scientific bases of Brazilian physical education].
abstract: The end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth were emblematic in the 'scientifization' of physical education in Brazil. This examination of the journal Brazil-Medico during 1887-1923 seeks to identify views of the body and health as well as contributions to the scientific bases of physical education in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Rio Grande do Norte, Rua das Algas, 2190, 59090-410 Natal, RN, Brasil. isabelbsm1@gmail.com
authors.forename: Maria Isabel Brandão de Souza
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Terezinha Petrucia
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: da Nóbrega
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene / Q000266:history; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history; D010806:Physical Education and Training / Q000266:history*; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*