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Entre negros e miscigenados: a anemia e o traço falciforme no Brasil nas décadas de 1930 e 1940

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: The article examines medical and scientific studies of sickle cell anemia published in Brazil in the 1930s and 1940s, when the vast majority of physicians and scientists believed that miscegenation played a significant role in the epidemiology of the disease in the country. Special focus is placed on hematologist Ernani Martins da Silva, of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, who conducted blood analyses around the interior of Brazil with the purpose of classifying miscegenated and pure population groups based on the presence of sickle cells and the racial distribution of blood groups. The article explores the ambivalences stemming from associations between sickle cell anemia and the 'black race' during this period.

Source: História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos

DOI: 10.1590/s0104-59702011000200007

Authors: Juliana Manzoni Cavalcanti, Marcos Chor Maio

Institution: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Language: Portuguese

Topic: History of Medicine and Tropical Health

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2029472567