“Koch’s Lymph” in Buenos Aires (1890-1891): Fake Physicians, Xenophobia, and Honor in the Medical Culture

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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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Autor principal: Vallejo, Mauro
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2021
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Tuberculin
Honor
Hygiene
Foreign physicians
Tuberculina
Inmigración médica
Higiene
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/32690
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spelling I10-R10-article-326902021-07-22T17:38:04Z “Koch’s Lymph” in Buenos Aires (1890-1891): Fake Physicians, Xenophobia, and Honor in the Medical Culture La “linfa de Koch” en Buenos Aires (1890-1891): médicos fraudulentos, xenofobia y honor en la cultura sanitaria Vallejo, Mauro Tuberculin Honor Hygiene Foreign physicians Tuberculina Honor Inmigración médica Higiene 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. El objetivo de este artículo es documentar las variadas reacciones producidas en Buenos Aires por la llegada de la tuberculina, el fallido remedio ideado en 1890 por Robert Koch para curar la tuberculosis. Junto a la reconstrucción de los ensayos clínicos efectuados en simultáneo en algunos nosocomios de la red sanitaria local entre enero y febrero de 1891, se examina la airada polémica despertada por la presunción de que un médico extranjero traficaba una versión falsificada de la droga. El estudio detenido de ese conflicto, del que tomaron parte tanto las autoridades del Departamento Nacional de Higiene como de la Facultad de Medicina, sirve para echar luz sobre algunas dimensiones del mundo de la salud de la capital argentina durante el tramo final del siglo XIX. La creciente presencia de diplomados foráneos y la expansión de un mercado interno de productos de consumo higiénico, son algunos de los tópicos a revisar.   Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2021-07-21 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/32690 Anuario de la Escuela de Historia Virtual; Núm. 19 (2021); 47-69 1853-7049 10.31049/1853.7049.v.n19 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/32690/34128 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/32690/34402 Derechos de autor 2021 Mauro Vallejo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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topic Tuberculin
Honor
Hygiene
Foreign physicians
Tuberculina
Honor
Inmigración médica
Higiene
spellingShingle Tuberculin
Honor
Hygiene
Foreign physicians
Tuberculina
Honor
Inmigración médica
Higiene
Vallejo, Mauro
“Koch’s Lymph” in Buenos Aires (1890-1891): Fake Physicians, Xenophobia, and Honor in the Medical Culture
topic_facet Tuberculin
Honor
Hygiene
Foreign physicians
Tuberculina
Honor
Inmigración médica
Higiene
author Vallejo, Mauro
author_facet Vallejo, Mauro
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title “Koch’s Lymph” in Buenos Aires (1890-1891): Fake Physicians, Xenophobia, and Honor in the Medical Culture
title_short “Koch’s Lymph” in Buenos Aires (1890-1891): Fake Physicians, Xenophobia, and Honor in the Medical Culture
title_full “Koch’s Lymph” in Buenos Aires (1890-1891): Fake Physicians, Xenophobia, and Honor in the Medical Culture
title_fullStr “Koch’s Lymph” in Buenos Aires (1890-1891): Fake Physicians, Xenophobia, and Honor in the Medical Culture
title_full_unstemmed “Koch’s Lymph” in Buenos Aires (1890-1891): Fake Physicians, Xenophobia, and Honor in the Medical Culture
title_sort “koch’s lymph” in buenos aires (1890-1891): fake physicians, xenophobia, and honor in the medical culture
description 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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