Brief considerations on tropical medicine in the lusophone world: the case of human trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness and chagas disease) in the early years of the 20th century

Authors

  • Ewerton Luiz Figueiredo Moura da Silva Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/khronos.v0i5.146682

Keywords:

Lusophone world, Sleep disease, Chagas disease

Abstract

It is intended here to present a brief reflection on the practice of tropical medicine in Brazil and Portugal favoring the so-called human trypanosomiasis, pathologies caused by the action of trypanosomes in the human organism such as chagas disease - which was simultane-ously seen as an emblem of Brazilian science, but a symbol of a sick and neglected country - and sleep sickness - that assumed great importance for Portugal as a result of its African possessions and the necessity of affirming the country as a colonial power in the face of European competi-tion for territories in Africa.

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Author Biography

  • Ewerton Luiz Figueiredo Moura da Silva, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina

    Graduado em História pela Universidade Estadual Paulista (2008), Mestre em História pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo (2016) e Doutorando pelo Departamento de Medicina Preventiva da Universidade de São Paulo.

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Published

2018-06-05

Issue

No. 5 (2018)

Section

Dossiê “História das doenças e artes de curar"

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How to Cite

Silva, E. L. F. M. da. (2018). Brief considerations on tropical medicine in the lusophone world: the case of human trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness and chagas disease) in the early years of the 20th century. Khronos, 5, 9. https://doi.org/10.11606/khronos.v0i5.146682