Espíritas, curandeiros e o exercício da medicina na Belém da Belle Epoque: disputas por hegemonia no universo da cura

This article seeks, through several sources, but with the newspapers O Estado do Pará, A Província do Pará and Folha do Norte as main references; to demonstrate the difficulty found by the academic medicine, in the late XIX century, in Belém, capital of Pará, to ensure hegemony in the complex univer...

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Authors: Silva, Jairo de Jesus Nascimento da (Author) ; Costa, Camila Frota da (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Portuguese
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Published: 2024
In: Revista Brasileira de História das Religiões
Year: 2024, Volume: 17, Issue: 50, Pages: 1-16
Further subjects:B jornais
B Espiritismo
B Medicina
B curandeirismo
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Summary:This article seeks, through several sources, but with the newspapers O Estado do Pará, A Província do Pará and Folha do Norte as main references; to demonstrate the difficulty found by the academic medicine, in the late XIX century, in Belém, capital of Pará, to ensure hegemony in the complex universe of cure; assuring, thereby, its identity and professional recognition, mainly considering its conflict against mighty competitors, the spiritualists and the healers, as the last ones were part of the local culture since a long time ago.
ISSN:1983-2850
Contains:Enthalten in: Revista Brasileira de História das Religiões
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.18764/1983-2850v17n50.2024.15