Dona Amélia Queen Reformatory: A sanatorium for weak children
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https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2008.v60.i2.261Keywords:
Brazilian League against Tuberculosis, History, Assistance to the health of children, Tuberculosis, Rio de JaneiroAbstract
This article intends to examine the conditions of the city of Rio de Janeiro, regarding the city's health safety or the living and housing conditions of its workers, which helped bringing about the spread of tuberculosis in the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. Evidencing the high incidence of tuberculosis at this time, it intends to verify the reasons for creating the Brazilian League Against Tuberculosis and its purpose, analyzing its project of assistance to children's health and its intervention to discipline, which resulted in the creation of the Dona Amélia Queen Reformatory.
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2008-12-05
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do Nascimento, D. R. (2008). Dona Amélia Queen Reformatory: A sanatorium for weak children. Asclepio, 60(2), 143–166. https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2008.v60.i2.261
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