Abstract
The practice of homeopathy developed significantly in Brazil at the turn of the twentieth century. Especially in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil, homeopaths were able to introduce their practices by linking them to a scientific perspective that organized a plan for advanced training as well as to a religious movement which disseminated the use of homeopathy through prescriptions received by mediums. These two movements had supporters who worked on several fronts, offering homeopathic medicines for free or spreading their ideas in magazines and other vehicles. The article analyzes these contexts in which homeopaths and Spiritist practices interacted during the first half of the twentieth century in an attempt to understand how these perspectives approached each other and permitted continuity.
Highlights
The practice of homeopathy developed significantly in Brazil at the turn of the twentieth century
In Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil, homeopaths were able to introduce their practices by linking them to a scientific perspective that organized a plan for advanced training as well as to a religious movement which disseminated the use of homeopathy through prescriptions received by mediums
These two movements had supporters who worked on several fronts, offering homeopathic medicines for free or spreading their ideas in magazines and other vehicles
Summary
Ahomeopatia constituiu-se como uma perspectiva que perpassou saberes hegemônicos e minoritários, dando formato para muitas ramificações, a ponto de podermos considerar homeopatias, no plural (Rosembaum, 2000). A conexão dos elementos propostos pela homeopatia com outras práticas religiosas e de cura, como o espiritismo, é elemento já apontado por diversos estudos no Brasil desde a década de 1980 (Warren, 1986; Aubrée, Laplantine, 2009; Bertolli Filho, 1990; Damazio, 1994; Silveira, 1997; Weber, 1999). A tese, de 1.016 páginas, contém um extenso levantamento realizado por Galhardo para dar formato à perspectiva de homeopatia que ele defendia, reforçando uma visão preocupada em formar profissionais homeopatas no Instituto Hahmenanniano do Brasil, com sede no Rio de Janeiro (Galhardo, 1928). Galhardo e o grupo que ele representa optaram por destacar a perspectiva acadêmica de formação dos profissionais da homeopatia, fazendo pouca referência aos vínculos que ela teve com outras tradições de cura no Brasil; afinal, o que eles procuravam valorizar era essa formação e não práticas que eram condenadas pela legislação brasileira, que poderiam aproximá-los de prática ilegal da medicina. Destacamos um breve panorama dessas instituições, para pensar o desenvolvimento da assistência social e o uso da homeopatia como serviços oferecidos que facilitaram a manutenção da homeopatia e do espiritismo
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