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In 1902, being Chile a country free of yellow fever, the British steamship Oropesa arrived from Rio de Janeiro with three passengers suffering this disease. Captain Hayes rejected the quarantine imposed by the local Junta of Sanity in Punta Arenas and also in Coronel, following his journey with the sick passengers to Valparaiso, port where he accepted a brief quarantine and medical services for the most compromised of the three patients, who unfortunately died. The knowledge about yellow fever and the applicable epidemiological measures in that time in Chile come to us through the sessions of the Superior Council of Public Hygiene. The threat that implicated the presence of the Oropesa in Chilean coasts is compared with the arrival of British pirates and corsairs in the colonial centuries, before the independence, announced with the alarm cry charque (for Sharp) is coming to Coquimbo!
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Navíos/historia , Fiebre Amarilla/historia , Chile , Historia del Siglo XX , Humanos , Medicina Naval/historia , Cuarentena/historia , Fiebre Amarilla/transmisiónRESUMEN
Este artículo describe la desfavorable situación sanitaria de la Armada Chilena en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Las propuestas de los cirujanos navales para implementar procedimientos diagnósticos, preventivos e higiénicos contribuyen a mejorar esas condiciones entre 1886 y 1902.
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Historia del Siglo XIX , Historia del Siglo XX , Medicina Naval/historia , Personal Militar/historia , Problemas Sociales/historia , Chile , Estado de SaludRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: The last outbreak of yellow fever in the city of Barcelona, Spain, was caused by a ship arriving from Cuba. The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the epidemic of 1870 by using the available mortality data. METHODS: The information on 1,235 deaths identified in the parochial registries was analyzed, using statistical and epidemiological procedures for epidemic outbreaks. RESULTS: Mortality due to yellow fever was 549.7 per 100,000 inhabitants. The temporal distribution of the deaths showed two peaks at the end of September and October with the last fatalities occurring in December 1870. The distribution of the fatalities in the city's neighborhoods was unequal. In La Barceloneta, in particular, more fatalities were found in the streets adjacent to the port than in the most remote streets (r=0.83; p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals a temporal bimodal mortality distribution for yellow fever during the outbreak, with a high impact in adult men and in the La Barceloneta neighborhood.
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Brotes de Enfermedades/historia , Medicina Naval/historia , Salud Urbana/historia , Fiebre Amarilla/historia , Fiebre Amarilla/mortalidad , Adolescente , Adulto , Aedes/fisiología , Aedes/virología , Anciano , Animales , Censos/historia , Niño , Preescolar , Clima , Cuba , Femenino , Historia del Siglo XIX , Humanos , Lactante , Insectos Vectores/fisiología , Insectos Vectores/virología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Exposición Profesional , Características de la Residencia/estadística & datos numéricos , España , Fiebre Amarilla/transmisión , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
During the XIX century, medicine went through several etiological postulate changes. Medical geography, the discipline closely tied to the interests of the European colonialist enterprise, was in charge of mapping the diseases occurring all over the world. The physicians in European navies were in charge of this important mission. The greatest enemy of European troops and residents, in the colonies and in the hot climate regions were known to be the so-called tropical diseases. In this article, we analyze the official travel account by Bourel-Roncière, a French physician responsible for healthcare on the ship La Circé, from 1868 to 1870. Special attention is given to his personal point of view concerning the diseases and respective treatments, which he studied in collaboration with Brazilian physicians.
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Expediciones/historia , Geografía/historia , Medicina Naval/historia , Medicina Tropical/historia , Brasil , Colonialismo/historia , Francia , Historia del Siglo XIX , HumanosAsunto(s)
Personal Militar/historia , Medicina Naval/historia , Navíos/historia , Infecciones Bacterianas/historia , Inglaterra , Historia del Siglo XVI , Historia del Siglo XVII , Historia del Siglo XVIII , Historia del Siglo XIX , Historia Medieval , Humanos , Factores de Riesgo , Escorbuto/historia , GuerraAsunto(s)
Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas/historia , Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas/terapia , Alcoholes/historia , Expediciones/historia , Humoralismo , Medicina Naval/historia , Filosofía Médica/historia , Viaje/historia , Brasil , Canadá , Francia , Historia del Siglo XVI , Historia del Siglo XVII , Historia del Siglo XVIII , Historia del Siglo XIX , Historia del Siglo XXRESUMEN
At the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the literature of travel instructions increased greatly. This literature expresses the expectations of naturalists, the scientific community and government with respect to knowledge and use of natural products from exotic lands. As far as texts relating to natural history are concerned, the research priorities emphasized, the methodology proposed and the audience to which they were directed make it clear that expeditions were conceived as an essential but not final stage of scientific investigation. Indeed, the requirements voiced in these instructions show that the appraisal of the data gathered was to be carried out within French research institutions and botanical gardens.
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Expediciones/historia , Historia Natural/historia , Medicina Naval/historia , Investigación/historia , Francia , Historia del Siglo XVIII , Historia del Siglo XIXRESUMEN
In the month of february 1713, Curaçaoan militia tried in vain to stop an invasion of French troops under leading of their commander Jacques Cassard. The battle was fought near the strategically situated country house called Malpais. Several surgeons in charge of the Dutch West India Company were called to take care for the sick and wounded French and Curaçaoan people. The medicines and other supplies were available from army medicine chests. The content of those chests is described and explained in this article.