Abstract
The paper presents aspects of the history and archives of Grace Memorial Hospital, founded in 1926 in the former town of Ponte Nova, now Wagner, in the Chapada Diamantina region of Bahia state, Brazil, by the American Presbyterian missionary and doctor Walter Welcome Wood. The documents in question have been kept at the Universidade do Estado da Bahia, campus II, Alagoinhas, since the hospital closed down definitively. They constitute a source of research for different areas of scholarship, especially the history of healthcare in Brazil. The documents are used in analyses of the incidence of diseases, medical treatments, and other care given to a population that had no access to other institutions working in this area.
Highlights
Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar aspectos da história e do acervo documental do Grace Memorial Hospital, instituição criada na antiga cidade de Ponte Nova, atual município de Wagner, localizado na Chapada Diamantina, a 390 km da cidade de Salvador (BA), como desdobramento da Missão Presbiteriana norte-americana no Brasil
The documents in question have been kept at the Universidade do Estado da Bahia, campus II, Alagoinhas, since the hospital closed down definitively
They constitute a source of research for different areas of scholarship, especially the history of healthcare in Brazil
Summary
Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar aspectos da história e do acervo documental do Grace Memorial Hospital, instituição criada na antiga cidade de Ponte Nova, atual município de Wagner, localizado na Chapada Diamantina, a 390 km da cidade de Salvador (BA), como desdobramento da Missão Presbiteriana norte-americana no Brasil. O Grace Memorial Hospital e a Missão Presbiteriana norte-americana no Brasil: fontes para a história da assistência à saúde, 1955-1971.
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