01278nas a2200217 4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653003000054653001000084653001400094653001600108653001500124100001200139700001400151245016200165856007900327300000900406490000700415520062400422022001401046 2023 d c01/202310aErnesto Benedicto Ottoni 10aLepra10aLazaretos10aMorféticos10aSão Paulo1 aAbreu J1 aQuadros L00a[The plans of Ernesto Ottoni to Combat the "affliction of lepers:" lazarettos, treatments, and endeavors to tackle leprosy in nineteenth century São Paulo]. uhttps://www.scielo.br/j/hcsm/a/QkL8L7mFDj6SsSss56mHt3h/?format=pdf&lang=pt a1-190 v303 a
This article presents the plans for a lazaretto in the city of São Paulo in the mid-nineteenth century. It consists of the transcription and analysis of an opinion prepared by the physician Ernesto Benedicto Ottoni, addressed to the president of the province of São Paulo. The article includes an analysis of the plans for the building, bearing in mind the prevailing miasma theory; the contemporary conceptions of leprosy treatment, especially beliefs regarding the transmissibility of the disease; and the physician's idealization of the routines for the treatment, work, leisure, and recovery of patients.
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