“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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Autor principal: Vallejo, Mauro
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: 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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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
author_sort Vallejo, Mauro
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.
publisher Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia
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url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/32690
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