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The trajectory of physicians and barber-surgeons in Rio de Janeiro during the second half of the nineteenth century

Overview of attention for article published in História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos, September 2015
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Title
The trajectory of physicians and barber-surgeons in Rio de Janeiro during the second half of the nineteenth century
Published in
História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos, September 2015
DOI 10.1590/s0104-59702015000300023
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Authors

Rodrigo Aragão Dantas

Abstract

This work analyzes aspects of the healing work performed by doctors and barber- surgeons in Rio de Janeiro between 1840 and 1889, based on the names and addresses in the Laemmert Almanaque. This not only provided the geographic location of where these agents were active within the city, but also identified the advertisers who featured repeatedly and those who moved to other locations. By cross-referencing this data with notary public sources and church records, which identified objects used in therapeutic practices, such as fleams, cupping-glasses and lancets, one can to better understand the way these therapists worked in a context characterized by the disqualification of the popular arts of healing, the slavery crisis and changes in academic concepts about diseases.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 6 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 1 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 17%
Student > Master 1 17%
Unknown 3 50%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 17%
Engineering 1 17%
Unknown 3 50%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 September 2015.
All research outputs
#6,783,328
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos
#659
of 1,628 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#72,256
of 276,962 outputs
Outputs of similar age from História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos
#17
of 30 outputs
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