Therapeutic Practices And Healing Practitioners In The City Of Paraíba - 1889 To 1920
Keywords:
Nursing, History, Therapeutic methodsAbstract
This paper aims to identify and describe the therapeutic practices embedded in the universe of traditional and popular medicine in the city of Paraíba/Brazil in the period 1889 to 1920.Historical in nature, anchored in the conception of history of mentalities. It was prepared based on documents released in that period and given over to practice traditional healing and healing practitioners, arranged in the form of articles published in newspapers, magazines and almanacs texts, among others. The information found in the sources consulted were classified into the prepared herbal medicine, bloodletting and leeches, naturism, homeopathy, pharmacy and other homemade popular therapeutic treatment. The practices identified were anchored in tradition, custom and precepts Hippocrates and Galen. We observed the presence of conflicts regarding the permanence of traditional healing practices in a context that was spread deployment of appropriate action regarding the model police campaign. The tensions were most evident among medical officers and representatives of the current naturist. For with other practices, in place of conflict, there was tolerance.
Downloads
References
Sá LD. Parahyba: uma cidade entre miasmas e micróbios. O Serviço de higiene pública, 1895–1918. [tese]. Ribeirão Preto (SP): USP; 1999.
Vovelle M. Ideologias e mentalidades. 2ª Ed. São Paulo (SP): Brasiliense. 1991.
Medeiros C. Subsídio para a história da hygiene pública na Parahyba. Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Paraibano. Imprensa oficial. 1911;3:117-23.
Le Goff J, Nora P. História: novos objetos. Rio de Janeiro (RJ): Francisco Alves; 1995.
Thorwald J. O segredo dos médicos antigos. 10ª ed. São Paulo (SP): Melhoramentos; 1990.
Badke MR, Budó MLD, Silva FM. Plantas medicinais: o saber sustentado na prática do cotidiano popular. .Esc Anna Nery (impr.) 2011 jan-mar; 15(1):132-139.
Silveira RGM. O Regionalismo Nordestino. São Paulo (SP): Ed. Moderna; 1984.
Almeida H. História da Paraíba. v.2, João Pessoa (PB): Editora Universitária; 1978.
Carvalho CO. Medicina na Paraíba. Flagrantes da sua evolução. João Pessoa (PB): A União; 1945.
Lorens FV. Homeopathia Domestica Brasileira. 2ªed. São Paulo (SP): Empresa Typographica, Editora o Pensamento; 1928.
Pereira Neto AF. Ser médico no Brasil. O Presente e o Passado. Rio de Janeiro (RJ): Editora Fiocruz; 2001.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 História da Enfermagem: Revista Eletrônica (HERE)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Propriedade intelectual
Todo o conteúdo da HERE, exceto onde está identificado, está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons do tipo atribuição CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.pt_BR).
