The emergence of the idea of tropical disease is part of the legacy of European empire-
building in places such as Brazil. Early European witnesses in the tropics believed those …

I s T o R IAN s of Latin America have only recently begun to revise the longstanding image of
nineteenthcentury Latin American physicians who faithfully (and passively) reproduced …

By analyzing several medical treatises written between the sixteenth and the eighteenth
centuries, this paper will discuss the experience that the authors of these texts accumulated …

Carlos Eduardo Medeiros Fernandes “The Science Of The Tropics – Medical Art In
Eighteenth-Century Brazil” Page 1 Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Línguas e Culturas …

Book Reviews compartmentalized khipu use? In other words, although Urton's
research sets aside questions of historical process and the relationship of indigenous …

Jansson knows that he is engaging in Might-Have-Been history. In passing, he identifies the
many sources of fiscal mistakes over time, notably the powerful impact of the Cold War and …

Este artigo procura chamar atenção para a importância da história natural na produção do
conhecimento médico a partir de fins do século XVIII e, ao mesmo tempo, elucidar a posição …

This article aims at presenting the polemic current views on the genesis of tropical medicine
in Brazil, by analyzing medical agents, concepts and procedures during the 18th century …