Open AccessSpanish flu and the “brilliant work” of drs Revoredo, Meira and Monteiro of the São Paulo academy of medicine
Author(s) -
Liane Maria Bertucci
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
fênix
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1807-6971
DOI - 10.35355/revistafenix.v18i2.1001
Subject(s) - contextualization , humanities , medicine , demography , ancient history , family medicine , history , geography , art , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , interpretation (philosophy)
The foundation of the São Paulo Academy of Medicine (APM) coincided with the period when the deadly Spanish flu began to spread around the planet. During the epidemic in the city of São Paulo, members of the APM were among the doctors who acted in an attempt to minimize the spread of the disease and the multiplication of the fatal cases of this illness. When the number of victims of the flu fell in the city, Drs Galeno de Revoredo, Rubião Meira and Eduardo Monteiro drafted a report, presented at an APM session, with recommendations to combat the epidemic flu in the interior of the state. This article discusses aspects of this report through its contextualization with debates on the disease and the treatment of victims of the flu in the city of São Paulo.