A monument to Lazarus: the leprosy hospital of Rio de Janeiro
Soon after the Portuguese made landfall in 1500, Europeans and, later, African slaves introduced leprosy, and Saint Lazarus, the patron saint of its victims, into Brazil. Social and political pressure mounted by the middle of the eighteenth century in the city of Rio de Janeiro to remove those unfor...
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
2003-01-01
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| description | Soon after the Portuguese made landfall in 1500, Europeans and, later, African slaves introduced leprosy, and Saint Lazarus, the patron saint of its victims, into Brazil. Social and political pressure mounted by the middle of the eighteenth century in the city of Rio de Janeiro to remove those unfortunates from the city's streets even before the move of Brazil's capital in 1763. Frei Antônio, the bishop of Rio, founded the venerable hospital that year in the neighborhood of São Cristóvão. He requested that the Irmandade do Santíssimo Sacramento da Candelária provide oversight and administration. The brotherhood continues to honor its covenant of 239 years ago. The history of this hospital provides insight into the complex relationships that existed between the citizenry and church and state. Rio's leprosy hospital, now the Hospital Frei Antônio, had an important role in the evolution of the health care professions, progress in medical science, and the genesis of the hygienic movement in Brazil. This study also contributes to the history of a disease that persists in 2002 Brazil as a public health issue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-414cd39d20b74546a01829f2f7f8e0e02022-12-21T19:32:34ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo CruzHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos1678-47582003-01-0110suppl 114316010.1590/S0104-59702003000400007A monument to Lazarus: the leprosy hospital of Rio de JaneiroThomas Hunter Smith III0Tulane UniversitySoon after the Portuguese made landfall in 1500, Europeans and, later, African slaves introduced leprosy, and Saint Lazarus, the patron saint of its victims, into Brazil. Social and political pressure mounted by the middle of the eighteenth century in the city of Rio de Janeiro to remove those unfortunates from the city's streets even before the move of Brazil's capital in 1763. Frei Antônio, the bishop of Rio, founded the venerable hospital that year in the neighborhood of São Cristóvão. He requested that the Irmandade do Santíssimo Sacramento da Candelária provide oversight and administration. The brotherhood continues to honor its covenant of 239 years ago. The history of this hospital provides insight into the complex relationships that existed between the citizenry and church and state. Rio's leprosy hospital, now the Hospital Frei Antônio, had an important role in the evolution of the health care professions, progress in medical science, and the genesis of the hygienic movement in Brazil. This study also contributes to the history of a disease that persists in 2002 Brazil as a public health issue.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702003000400007&tlng=enleprosyHospital Frei Antônioleprosy hospitalhygienic movementhistory of medicinepublic health |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Hunter Smith III A monument to Lazarus: the leprosy hospital of Rio de Janeiro História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos leprosy Hospital Frei Antônio leprosy hospital hygienic movement history of medicine public health |
| title | A monument to Lazarus: the leprosy hospital of Rio de Janeiro |
| title_full | A monument to Lazarus: the leprosy hospital of Rio de Janeiro |
| title_fullStr | A monument to Lazarus: the leprosy hospital of Rio de Janeiro |
| title_full_unstemmed | A monument to Lazarus: the leprosy hospital of Rio de Janeiro |
| title_short | A monument to Lazarus: the leprosy hospital of Rio de Janeiro |
| title_sort | monument to lazarus the leprosy hospital of rio de janeiro |
| topic | leprosy Hospital Frei Antônio leprosy hospital hygienic movement history of medicine public health |
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