“Koch’s Lymph” in Buenos Aires (1890-1891): Fake Physicians, Xenophobia, and Honor in the Medical Culture
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the varied reactions produced in Buenos Aires by the arrival of tuberculin, the failed remedy developed in 1890 by Robert Koch. In addition to reconstructing the clinical trials carried out simultaneously in some hospitals of the local health network between J...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/32690 |
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| Sumario: | The purpose of this paper is to analyze the varied reactions produced in Buenos Aires by the arrival of tuberculin, the failed remedy developed in 1890 by Robert Koch. In addition to reconstructing the clinical trials carried out simultaneously in some hospitals of the local health network between January and February 1891, the acrid controversy aroused by the presumption that a foreign doctor was trafficking a counterfeit version of the drug is studied. The careful examination of this conflict, in which both the authorities of the National Department of Hygiene and the Faculty of Medicine took part, serves to shed light on some dimensions of the world of health in the Argentine capital city during the end of the 19th century. The growing presence of foreign physicians and the expansion of an internal market for hygienic consumer products are some of the topics to review. |
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