Hygiene and health preservation in the Luso-Brazilian Medicine of the 18th Century

Authors

  • Jean Luiz Neves Abreu Unicersidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2010.v62.i1.303

Keywords:

Body, Hygiene, Health, Luso-brazilian medicine, Medical theories

Abstract


The present article analyzes the problematic of hygiene in the Luso-Brazilian medicine during the second half of 18th century. The chosen context to analysis is related to the changes of medical thought in Portugal along the period related to the appropriation of medical theories that circulated around the Enlightenment Europe. Besides, this paper approaches the ideas presented in medicine treatises of that time related to body care and health conservation, calling attention to the central role of hygiene along that period.

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Published

2010-06-30

How to Cite

Neves Abreu, J. L. (2010). Hygiene and health preservation in the Luso-Brazilian Medicine of the 18th Century. Asclepio, 62(1), 225–250. https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2010.v62.i1.303

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Research Notes