PENSAMENTO MéDICO E HISTóRIA: UM BREVE ENSAIO

This article considers the process of the construction of the medical representations as a scientific elaborated knowledge. In this sense, based on the reflections of Ernest Cassirer and Michel Foucault the author takes as his object of analysis the construction of homeopathic medicine among the medical tendencies in he 19th century. O artigo discute o processo de constru o das representa es médicas enquanto saber cientificamente elaborado. Nesse sentido, a partir das reflex es de Ernest Cassirer e Michel Foucault, a autora toma como objeto de análise a constru o da medicina homeopática em meio às correntes médicas do séc. XIX.