Medicine and Literature: the literary drugs of Dr. Wilde

Eduardo Wilde, Argentine physician, writer and politician born in Bolivia during his parents’ exile, two-time president (1880 and 1898) of the National Department of Hygiene, became in his texts that new doctor who had to fight against epidemics and face death and the intimate tragedies of each fami...

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Autor principal: Gasparini, Sandra
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Publicado: Universidad Nacional del Litoral 2018
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medicine / argentinian literature / XIXth century
medicina / literatura argentina / siglo XIX
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spelling I26-R133-article-73602021-05-05T20:45:16Z Medicine and Literature: the literary drugs of Dr. Wilde Medicina y literatura: los remedios literarios del Dr. Wilde Gasparini, Sandra medicine / argentinian literature / XIXth century medicina / literatura argentina / siglo XIX Eduardo Wilde, Argentine physician, writer and politician born in Bolivia during his parents’ exile, two-time president (1880 and 1898) of the National Department of Hygiene, became in his texts that new doctor who had to fight against epidemics and face death and the intimate tragedies of each family alone. By picturing himself as the protagonist of those stories that combine reflection, anecdote, evaluation as well as impeccable descriptions fairly close to naturalism and the gothic in two different drifts, he creates a perfect gadget to anchor digressions or «cases» to a medical eye that describes, analyzes and diagnoses with caustic irony. The narrator takes advantage of the intersection of medical experience on bodies and autobiographical memories as knowledge of the natural and as a fight against the hypocrisy of common sense. Scientific knowledge is incorporated as a discourse that explains the world to its limits although limited: medical science is presented as an incomplete system but at the same time necessary to regulate death —epidemics, child mortality—. The reading focuses on some texts from Tiempo perdido (1878) and Prometeo & Cia (1899). Eduardo Wilde, médico, escritor y político argentino nacido en Bolivia durante el exilio de sus padres, presidente en dos oportunidades (1880 y 1898) del Departamento Nacional de Higiene, se convirtió en sus textos en ese médico nuevo que debía luchar contra epidemias, lidiar a solas con la muerte y las tragedias íntimas de cada familia. Representándose como protagonista de esos relatos que combinan reflexión, anécdota, evaluación, descripciones impecables que rozan el naturalismo y el gótico en dos derivas diferentes crea un pivote perfecto para que esa masa textual que parece ir a la deriva de las digresiones o de los «relatos al caso» tenga un anclaje en la mirada médica que describe, analiza y diagnostica con cáustica ironía. El cruce de la experiencia médica sobre los cuerpos con lo autobiográfico es capitalizado por el narrador como un saber sobre lo natural y como una contienda contra la hipocresía del sentido común. El saber científico se incorpora como un discurso que explica el mundo hasta sus bordes aunque es limitado: la ciencia médica se presenta como sistema incompleto pero a la vez necesario para regular la muerte —la epidemia, la mortalidad infantil—. La lectura se centra en algunos textos de Tiempo perdido (1878) y Prometeo & Cia (1899). Universidad Nacional del Litoral 2018-06-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/ElTacoenlaBrea/article/view/7360 10.14409/tb.v0i7.7360 El Taco en la Brea; Núm. 7 (2018): El Taco en la Brea; 134-143 El Taco en la Brea; No. 7 (2018): El Taco en la Brea; 134-143 2362-4191 10.14409/tb.v0i7 spa https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/ElTacoenlaBrea/article/view/7360/10574 https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/ElTacoenlaBrea/article/view/7360/10786
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medicina / literatura argentina / siglo XIX
Gasparini, Sandra
Medicine and Literature: the literary drugs of Dr. Wilde
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medicina / literatura argentina / siglo XIX
author Gasparini, Sandra
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title Medicine and Literature: the literary drugs of Dr. Wilde
title_short Medicine and Literature: the literary drugs of Dr. Wilde
title_full Medicine and Literature: the literary drugs of Dr. Wilde
title_fullStr Medicine and Literature: the literary drugs of Dr. Wilde
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description Eduardo Wilde, Argentine physician, writer and politician born in Bolivia during his parents’ exile, two-time president (1880 and 1898) of the National Department of Hygiene, became in his texts that new doctor who had to fight against epidemics and face death and the intimate tragedies of each family alone. By picturing himself as the protagonist of those stories that combine reflection, anecdote, evaluation as well as impeccable descriptions fairly close to naturalism and the gothic in two different drifts, he creates a perfect gadget to anchor digressions or «cases» to a medical eye that describes, analyzes and diagnoses with caustic irony. The narrator takes advantage of the intersection of medical experience on bodies and autobiographical memories as knowledge of the natural and as a fight against the hypocrisy of common sense. Scientific knowledge is incorporated as a discourse that explains the world to its limits although limited: medical science is presented as an incomplete system but at the same time necessary to regulate death —epidemics, child mortality—. The reading focuses on some texts from Tiempo perdido (1878) and Prometeo & Cia (1899).
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