Theories about the propagation of yellow fever: the scientific debate in the São Paulo press between 1895 and 1903.
This article describes the debate over theories about the propagation of yellow fever in the São Paulo press. Our time span was defined as the period between 1895 and 1903, a time that saw high indices of the disease in Brazil. Documentary research involved mass circulation newspapers in São Paulo and medical journals of the period. The empirical data was collected from the Public Archives of the State of São Paulo and from the library of the Faculdade de Saúde Pública at Universidade de São Paulo. It was observed a clash between theories as to the propagation of yellow fever that revealed a symbolic dispute for influence in the formation of the scientific field.
Laboratório de História da Ciência e da Tecnologia, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, BR, sorayalodola@gmail.com.
Soraya
S
Lódola
Unicamp, Campinas, SP, BR, edivaldo@fef.unicamp.br.
Edivaldo
E
Góis Junior
D001938:Brazil; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000266:history; D034462:Dissent and Disputes / Q000266:history*; D006666:History of Medicine; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000266:history*; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000266:history* / Q000635:transmission