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En este artículo propongo analizar las visiones de tres autores sobre la tuberculosis en la primera mitad del siglo XX y que en cierta medida reflejan la visión social sobre la enfermedad. Los tres tuvieron contacto con la dolencia de alguna manera pero estuvieron separados en el tiempo, por su posición social y por el género de literatura que desarrollaron. A pesar de estas diferencias se pueden apreciar ejes comunes y visiones similares lo que demuestra una percepción similar de la enfermedad en toda la sociedad.

In this article, we analyze the development and testing process for a vaccine against the "Spanish flu" in Argentina, the only country in Latin America that took part in the discussions about the etiological agent that caused the influenza of 1918-1919. We note that multiple theories emerged about this agent, which derived from the hypotheses employed in devel-oped countries. These discussions influenced the development of a vaccine that was conceived on the peripheries of world science. We start from the hypothesis that, despite its peripheral position, state action in Argentina led to the development of the vaccine through the establishment of institutions for this purpose and the hiring of European scientists. We describe and analyze the medical debates concerning the causes of the disease, especially the deliberations at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires. We then go on to describe the development of the vaccine at the Bacteriological Institute and its application during the two flu outbreaks in Argentina. Resources used include government documents, medical publications, and press coverage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Moved by the current epidemiological event, the covid-19, and the economic breakdowns we are witnessing, in this study we ask ourselves about the impact of the bloodiest pandemic of the 20th century on the economy and working conditions in Argentina: the Spanish flu. This approach, carried out using a qualitative methodology anchored in hermeneutics, is based on the study of journalistic sources and medical testimonies of the time. From them we intend to show how the advent of the disease - crystallized in two great waves - shook the economic and productive structures of different regions of the country, generating particular labor logics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We have studied the growth and distribution of specific healthcare occupations in the Argentine territory starting from the first national population censuses. We show the complexity underlying those "optimistic" interpretations of the era that associated the growth in occupation with the progressive State consolidation and the ascending socioeconomic development of Argentina in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We show the census values, focusing on differential situations that help explain the trajectories in the Argentine provinces. We consider socioeconomic cleavages, the presence of the State and the occupations consolidation processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article provides a case study of the advertising market for medical supplies and medication in Argentina from 1912-1938. The author comments on the magazines "Revista de Círculo Médico de Córdoba" and "Revista Médica de Córdoba," which advertised for these medical products. The marketing strategies at the time are also analyzed.

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This paper analyzes the distribution of specialized subjects devoted to health care in the Argentine territory according to the First National Census (1869). We present statistical estimations and visual resources that contribute to illustrate the logic of the absolute and relative presence of graduates and empirical practitioners. By articulating census data with input from specialized bibliography, the paper provide evidence for certain variables associated with the presence of the State, the differential socio-economic development of the regions, and the rural-urban splits in the long first half of the nineteenth century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Throughout human history, disease has always represented a moment of crisis for individuals and societies. When death brought by disease hangs heavy over societies, they are led to develop strategies to prevent and cure it. Epidemics, especially cholera epidemics, have had a strong impact on Argentine society and especially on Córdoba residents, because the first cholera outbreak was demographically and socially highly devastating. In this article we analyze the supply of products advertised in the press (the only media available at the time) during the first epidemic, which broke out in 1867-8. Our hypothesis is that the products available, which we believe were consumed by some groups in society, led to a sumptuary trade that was not common among the population when there were no epidemics. At times of epidemics, these products were directed towards more affluent groups. We also believe that the supply of such products changed as their trade increased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims at increasing the knowledge related with specialized historiography on the field of migration and tuberculosis in the early decades of the twentieth century, within the context of the internal migration that arrived to the province and the city of Córdoba. Technical literature and testimonies of the time are used as sources. The article is organized in two main sections. On the one hand, it analyses the type of migration that arrived to the city in the context of a healthcare system regarding tuberculosis’ treatment under construction. On the other, it analyses the discourses and concepts that emerged from local power sectors in a scenario characterized by low-income immigrants and a weak healthcare system regarding tuberculosis’ treatment. The paper identifies the existence of concepts and discourses that tended to make the immigrant responsible for spreading the diseases to “healthy” residents and “invading” the city of Cordoba with sick people as well as to bring the collapse of the healthcare system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the perceptions of health teams concerning Peruvian and Bolivian migrant women living in the city of Cordoba, Argentina. The research consisted of a qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study based on 12 in-depth, semi-structured interviews. It documents various health teams' views regarding the two migrant groups as well as their opinions about the factors that influence the women's access to and use of public health systems during pregnancy and childbirth. The article emphasizes the importance of incorporating a historical, political, and cultural approach to migrant health care that can recover migrants' individual histories and their specific needs in terms of health care access and cultural practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. Analyze and interpret trends in mortality from breast cancer in recent decades in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, relative to demographic changes and the sociopolitical context. Methods. Raw, standardized (direct method), and age-specific mortality from breast cancer was calculated for 1986-2011 in Córdoba. Using RiskDiff® software, variations in the 1986 to 2011 raw rates were analyzed. Joinpoint regression models were adjusted to standardized and specific rates by age group. Secondary data sources (laws, decrees, health programs) were consulted for information on the sociopolitical context of the period. Results. Raw mortality due to breast cancer increased 24.97% from 1986 to 2011, an increase that can be attributed to the increase in the risk of dying (5.22%), to structural changes (19.75%), and to population size (39.66%). Standardized mortality from breast cancer shows a rising trend up to 1996 (annual percentage change [APC] = 1.62%; P <0.05), and then begins to decline (APC = -2.1%; P <0.05), slowing around the year 2001. For socio-historical interpretations, the analysis focused on demographic, epidemiological, and health-related changes, as well as the socioeconomic and political events of the period studied. Conclusions. The behavior of mortality from breast cancer in this period is associated with contextual factors (demographic, historical, economic, and political). The results of this study will help define actions and policies in breast cancer and women's health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]