Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: Associate Dom Pedro II’s life trajectory and the beginning of Brazilian psychiatry through the Pedro II Asylum. Methods: We conducted a narrative review of the literature on three search databases: Google Scholar, Pub Med, and Web of Science (SciELO). Results: The first Brazilian psychiatry institution, the Pedro II Asylum (1841-1889), was created by the number 82 decree on 18 July 1841. The launching occurred at Dom Pedro II’s coronation ceremony. It was a celebration that aimed at enhancing the Brazilian monarch’s power and at legitimizing the emperor’s adulthood at the age of fourteen. Throughout the 48 years of the Dom Pedro II empire, his cultural and science interests influenced the emergence of incipient Brazilian scientific research. In this regard, the Pedro II Asylum was portrayed not only as a health care institution but also undertook an effort to attend the social and cultural modifications promoted at the Brazilian imperial court after the Portuguese Crown family arrived in 1808. It also represented the influence of French psychiatry based on Phillipe Pinel’s (1745-1826) principles of moral treatment. Conclusions: Concisely, the Pedro II Asylum was a representation of Dom Pedro II’s personality as a patron of science, the emergence of Brazilian psychiatry, and the imperial society hierarchy.
Highlights
The “Emperor of the tropics”, Dom Pedro II was considered an European monarch he was born in America
He was portrayed as the future emperor and was raised to succeed his father Dom Pedro I after the Regency Period[1]. He became more than a Brazilian Emperor, and due to his great interest in a wide range of subjects, his legacy achieved a world recognition to the Brazilian science and culture[2,3]. It is the foundation of the first Brazilian psychiatry institution in the city of Rio de Janeiro[4]
Dom Pedro II remained in power until the Brazilian republic proclamation in 1889 and dedicated his time to science and culture[10], contributing significantly in both scenes figure 1
Summary
The “Emperor of the tropics”, Dom Pedro II was considered an European monarch he was born in America. He was portrayed as the future emperor and was raised to succeed his father Dom Pedro I after the Regency Period[1] He became more than a Brazilian Emperor, and due to his great interest in a wide range of subjects, his legacy achieved a world recognition to the Brazilian science and culture[2,3]. The officialization of this foundation occurred one hundred eighty years ago, through the number 82 decree on 18 July 1841, the first day of Dom Pedro II’s coronation ceremony[4,5] This decree made the Pedro II Asylum emerge as a symbol of the monarchy power and the Brazilian civilization[1,6]. This was not a random decree, but an expression of changes that had occurred in Rio de Janeiro since the Portuguese Crown family’s arrival escaping from Napoleon’s troops in 18081
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