Ilegitimidad, alcoholismo y tuberculosis: explicaciones médicas de la mortalidad infantil. Santiago de Chile (1870-1912)

This article analyzes the approaches of medical specialists dedicated to childhood, between the second half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century. Through publications in the press and titling reports, he explores the explanations of the causes of infant mortality...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b50dbeefa89b4ee08c866d53b5dbe5052021-12-02T10:35:04ZIlegitimidad, alcoholismo y tuberculosis: explicaciones médicas de la mortalidad infantil. Santiago de Chile (1870-1912)1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.76861https://doaj.org/article/b50dbeefa89b4ee08c866d53b5dbe5052019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/76861https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This article analyzes the approaches of medical specialists dedicated to childhood, between the second half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century. Through publications in the press and titling reports, he explores the explanations of the causes of infant mortality in relation to a collection of scientific elements and a wide range of moral judgments, including the illegitimacy of birth, alcoholism and tuberculosis. After this analysis, it is concluded that up to the organization of pediatric medicine and the promulgation of the Law of the Children Invalid, they were adopted a series of arguments related to the culture of the time more than in the treatments of the diseases to try to reduce one of the highest rates worldwide.Pablo Chávez ZúñigaCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américainsarticlechild mortalityillegitimacyalcoholismtuberculosisAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2019)
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FR
PT
topic child mortality
illegitimacy
alcoholism
tuberculosis
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle child mortality
illegitimacy
alcoholism
tuberculosis
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Pablo Chávez Zúñiga
Ilegitimidad, alcoholismo y tuberculosis: explicaciones médicas de la mortalidad infantil. Santiago de Chile (1870-1912)
description This article analyzes the approaches of medical specialists dedicated to childhood, between the second half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century. Through publications in the press and titling reports, he explores the explanations of the causes of infant mortality in relation to a collection of scientific elements and a wide range of moral judgments, including the illegitimacy of birth, alcoholism and tuberculosis. After this analysis, it is concluded that up to the organization of pediatric medicine and the promulgation of the Law of the Children Invalid, they were adopted a series of arguments related to the culture of the time more than in the treatments of the diseases to try to reduce one of the highest rates worldwide.
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author Pablo Chávez Zúñiga
author_facet Pablo Chávez Zúñiga
author_sort Pablo Chávez Zúñiga
title Ilegitimidad, alcoholismo y tuberculosis: explicaciones médicas de la mortalidad infantil. Santiago de Chile (1870-1912)
title_short Ilegitimidad, alcoholismo y tuberculosis: explicaciones médicas de la mortalidad infantil. Santiago de Chile (1870-1912)
title_full Ilegitimidad, alcoholismo y tuberculosis: explicaciones médicas de la mortalidad infantil. Santiago de Chile (1870-1912)
title_fullStr Ilegitimidad, alcoholismo y tuberculosis: explicaciones médicas de la mortalidad infantil. Santiago de Chile (1870-1912)
title_full_unstemmed Ilegitimidad, alcoholismo y tuberculosis: explicaciones médicas de la mortalidad infantil. Santiago de Chile (1870-1912)
title_sort ilegitimidad, alcoholismo y tuberculosis: explicaciones médicas de la mortalidad infantil. santiago de chile (1870-1912)
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate 2019
url https://doaj.org/article/b50dbeefa89b4ee08c866d53b5dbe505
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