The noble enigma: Chagas' nominations for the Nobel Prize

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Autor(a) principal: Coutinho,Marilia
Data de Publicação: 1999
Outros Autores: Freire Jr.,Olival, Dias,João Carlos Pinto
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Texto Completo: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761999000700012
Resumo: Carlos Chagas, a Brazilian physician, discovered the American trypanosomiasis in 1909. Like other remarkable discoveries of those days, his work helped to articulate the insect-vector theory and other theoretical guidelines in tropical medicine. Unlike all other discoveries, all the stages of this work were accomplished in a few months and by a single man. Chagas' discovery was widely recognized at home and abroad. He was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize - in 1913 and in 1921-, but never received the award. Evidence suggests that the reasons for this failure are related to the violent opposition that Chagas faced in Brazil. The contentions towards Chagas were related to a rejection of the meritocratic procedures that gave him prominence, as well as to local petty politics.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The noble enigma: Chagas' nominations for the Nobel Prize
title The noble enigma: Chagas' nominations for the Nobel Prize
spellingShingle The noble enigma: Chagas' nominations for the Nobel Prize
Coutinho,Marilia
Carlos Chagas
history of Brazilian medicine
history of Brazilian science
Chagas disease
Pirajá da Silva
title_short The noble enigma: Chagas' nominations for the Nobel Prize
title_full The noble enigma: Chagas' nominations for the Nobel Prize
title_fullStr The noble enigma: Chagas' nominations for the Nobel Prize
title_full_unstemmed The noble enigma: Chagas' nominations for the Nobel Prize
title_sort The noble enigma: Chagas' nominations for the Nobel Prize
author Coutinho,Marilia
author_facet Coutinho,Marilia
Freire Jr.,Olival
Dias,João Carlos Pinto
author_role author
author2 Freire Jr.,Olival
Dias,João Carlos Pinto
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author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Coutinho,Marilia
Freire Jr.,Olival
Dias,João Carlos Pinto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Carlos Chagas
history of Brazilian medicine
history of Brazilian science
Chagas disease
Pirajá da Silva
topic Carlos Chagas
history of Brazilian medicine
history of Brazilian science
Chagas disease
Pirajá da Silva
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Carlos Chagas, a Brazilian physician, discovered the American trypanosomiasis in 1909. Like other remarkable discoveries of those days, his work helped to articulate the insect-vector theory and other theoretical guidelines in tropical medicine. Unlike all other discoveries, all the stages of this work were accomplished in a few months and by a single man. Chagas' discovery was widely recognized at home and abroad. He was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize - in 1913 and in 1921-, but never received the award. Evidence suggests that the reasons for this failure are related to the violent opposition that Chagas faced in Brazil. The contentions towards Chagas were related to a rejection of the meritocratic procedures that gave him prominence, as well as to local petty politics.
description Carlos Chagas, a Brazilian physician, discovered the American trypanosomiasis in 1909. Like other remarkable discoveries of those days, his work helped to articulate the insect-vector theory and other theoretical guidelines in tropical medicine. Unlike all other discoveries, all the stages of this work were accomplished in a few months and by a single man. Chagas' discovery was widely recognized at home and abroad. He was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize - in 1913 and in 1921-, but never received the award. Evidence suggests that the reasons for this failure are related to the violent opposition that Chagas faced in Brazil. The contentions towards Chagas were related to a rejection of the meritocratic procedures that gave him prominence, as well as to local petty politics.
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