José Pinto de Azeredo and the Diseases of Angola: Medical Knowledge and Colonial Experiences in the Last Decades of the XVIII Century
The article analyzes the work of the luso-brazilian medicine doctor José Pinto de Azeredo Essay on some diseases of Angola (1799). From the perspective of this work and other sources, we seek to understand the ideas and conceptions of the medicine doctor about the diseases in Angola and how they are...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Revista de História |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/48540 |
| Summary: | The article analyzes the work of the luso-brazilian medicine doctor José Pinto de Azeredo Essay on some diseases of Angola (1799). From the perspective of this work and other sources, we seek to understand the ideas and conceptions of the medicine doctor about the diseases in Angola and how they are relate to medicine in the last decades of the eighteenth century, as well as the unique aspects that have marked his practice. |
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| ISSN: | 0034-8309 2316-9141 |