%0 Journal Article
%T Alastrim, var¨ªola ¨¦?
%A Teixeira
%A Luiz Antonio
%J Hist¨®ria, Ci¨ºncias, Sa¨²de-Manguinhos
%D 2000
%I Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz
%R 10.1590/S0104-59702000000200003
%X between 1910 and 1913, two renowned physicians in the city of s£¿o paulo found themselves engaged in a scientific controversy regarding the classification of a disease then assailing the state. antonio carini, director of the instituto pasteur de s£¿o paulo, believed the illness to be small pox, while em¨ªlio ribas, director of the servi£¿o sanit¨¢rio, claimed it was allastrim, or milk pox. the controversy started in the sociedade de medicina e cirurgia but later migrated to other forums and came to incorporate other figures as well. this presentation and discussion of the polemic is meant as a contribution to our understanding of the process by which a scientific consensus is constructed and solidified within the field of the biomedical sciences.
%K social science studies
%K history of science
%K sociology of science
%K history of public health.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-59702000000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en