Infected by the Devil, Cured by Calundu: African Healers in Eighteenth-century Minas Gerais, Brazil
African slaves played a key role in the colonization of Minas Gerais in the interior of Brazil during the eighteenth century. Popular healers from Africa and of African descent were important providers of health care in the region during the colonial period. Relying on a variety of healing practices, their activities often came under the scrutiny of religious authorities as they were denounced to the commissioners of the Inquisition of Lisbon or to priests in the local parishes. The most commonly denounced healing practice was a spirit possession ritual referred to as calundu. Besides organizing healing rituals, African he...
Source: Social History of Medicine - July 28, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Kananoja, K. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Medicine and Charity in Eighteenth-century Northumberland: The Early Years of the Bamburgh Castle Dispensary and Surgery, c. 1772-1802
In 1772 in Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, a charitable institution was established by Dr John Sharp to offer medical provision to the poor of the parish, which was remote from the Newcastle and Edinburgh Infirmaries. Unlike urban institutions, which have dominated hospital historiography, the Bamburgh dispensary was small, occupying only a few rooms in the castle, and situated in a remote, coastal location. And yet, at its height, the Bamburgh dispensary treated thousands of patients per year, often exceeding dispensaries in large towns, and was equipped with the latest medical technologies. Unlike the majority of infirm...
Source: Social History of Medicine - July 28, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Withey, A. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Women Searchers of the Dead in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century London
From plague epidemics in Elizabethan England to cholera outbreaks in the early Victorian era, women determined causes of death for London parishes. Despite criticism about lack of medical training, parishes continued to rely upon women searchers and expanded their responsibilities during the eighteenth century while looking not to midwives and nurses but female relatives of parish workers to fill open positions. Sextonesses and pew keepers became searchers of the dead and served lengthy terms in office. Historians have assumed that Parliament established the General Register Office to supplant searchers with medical men, a...
Source: Social History of Medicine - July 28, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Henry, W. S. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Tags: Errata Source Type: research
Julie Laplante, Healing Roots: Anthropology in Life and Medicine
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Osseo-Asare, A. D. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Elena Conis, Vaccine Nation: Americas Changing Relationship with Immunization
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Richert, L. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Werner Trotsken, The Pox of Liberty. How the Constitution left Americans Rich, Free, and Prone to Infection.
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Abrams, J. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Neil Carter, Medicine, Sport and the Body: A Historical Perspective
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Hoberman, J. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Alexander Mercer, Infections, Chronic Disease, and the Epidemiological Transition. A New Perspective
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Szreter, S. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Marius Turda and Aaron Gillette, Latin Eugenics in Comparative Perspective
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Walsh, S. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Samia Salem, Die öffentliche Wahrnehmung der Gentechnik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland seit den 1960er Jahren
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Gausemeier, B. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Edward Shorter, Partnership for Excellence: Medicine at the University of Toronto and Academic Hospitals
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Connor, J. T. H. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
W. Bruce Fye, Caring for the Heart: the Mayo Clinic and the Rise of Specialization
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Howell, J. D. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Andreas Mayer, Sites of the Unconscious: Hypnosis and the Emergence of the Psychoanalytic Setting
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Source: Social History of Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Hayward, R. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
