Abstract
Physician Joaquim Augusto Tanajura (1878-1941), head of health services for the Rondon Commission from 1909 to 1912, wrote a paper about the first scientific journeys sponsored by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. Entitled "Região do Madeira: Santo Antônio," it was published in the newspaper Jornal do Commercio de Manáos on June 5, 1911, at a time when rediscovery of Brazil's sertões had just begun and indictments were starting to be lodged about the state of abandonment and disease in which the interior of the country lay. Through Doctor Tanajura's article, the present text analyzes both the engagement of members of the Rondon Commission in local political dynamics and the era's controversies about construction of the image of the sertão and its inhabitants.
Highlights
E m 1907, o presidente do Brasil Affonso Penna (1906-1909) convidou o coronel Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon para chefiar a comissão que teria por tarefa construir uma linha telegráfica ligando Mato Grosso ao vale do rio Madeira, no Amazonas
Physician Joaquim Augusto Tanajura (1878-1941), head of health services for the Rondon Commission from 1909 to 1912, wrote a paper about the first scientific journeys sponsored by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute
Entitled “Região do Madeira: Santo Antônio,” it was published in the newspaper Jornal do Commercio de Manáos on June 5, 1911, at a time when rediscovery of Brazil’s sertões had just begun and indictments were starting to be lodged about the state of abandonment and disease in which the interior of the country lay
Summary
Mestrando do Programa de Pós-graduação em História das Ciências e da Saúde/Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; bolsista Capes sob orientação do doutor Gilberto Hochman. Comissão Rondon, doenças e política: “Região do Madeira: Santo Antônio”, de Joaquim Augusto Tanajura – uma outra visão do Alto Madeira em 1911. Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, v.18, n.2,abr.-jun. Comenta o artigo “Região do Madeira: Santo Antônio”, do médico Joaquim Augusto Tanajura (1878-1941), chefe do serviço de saúde da Comissão Rondon de 1909 a 1912. Publicado em 5 de junho de 1911, no Jornal do Commercio de Manáos, o artigo insere-se no contexto inicial de redescoberta dos sertões, quando emergiram denúncias sobre o cenário de abandono e doenças no interior do Brasil, e dialoga com as primeiras viagens científicas promovidas pelo Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Palavras-chave: Alto Madeira; Santo Antônio do Madeira; malária; Comissão Rondon; Brasil
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