The Beginning of the Use of Radiation in the Minas Gerais Medicine
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Resumo: | The present article describes private and public actions for the development of an infrastructure adequate for implementing radiotherapy as a medical practice in the capital of Minas Gerais. The Institute of Radium was created in Belo Horizonte, a city that intended to be a modernizing center of the state. The radiotherapy and the radioactive elements were still new for the medical practice, so, during the decade of 1920, they were broadly used for the cure of a wide assortment of diseases: from dermatites to several cancer types. To illustrate the early times of the radiation application in the medicine, the following sources were used: newspapers, medical journals and autobiography books. The article also shows the role of the pharmaceutical industry in the popularization of radioactive drugs, the drugs that had intended to cure the evil cancer, the impact of the death of the radiologist doctors, the population statistics of the main death causes in the state of Minas Gerais, the challenge of the application of radiotherapy in the cases of cancer diagnosis and the efforts for improving the medical knowledge in the area of oncology, efforts that promoted the visit of Mme. Curie to the Minas Gerais capital and of the donation by her of a radioactive needle to the Institute of Radium. |
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The Beginning of the Use of Radiation in the Minas Gerais MedicinePrimórdios do Uso da Radiação na Medicina MineiraHistória da MedicinaRadioterapiaIndústria farmacêuticaNeoplasiasHistory of MedicineRadiotherapyDrug industryNeoplasmsThe present article describes private and public actions for the development of an infrastructure adequate for implementing radiotherapy as a medical practice in the capital of Minas Gerais. The Institute of Radium was created in Belo Horizonte, a city that intended to be a modernizing center of the state. The radiotherapy and the radioactive elements were still new for the medical practice, so, during the decade of 1920, they were broadly used for the cure of a wide assortment of diseases: from dermatites to several cancer types. To illustrate the early times of the radiation application in the medicine, the following sources were used: newspapers, medical journals and autobiography books. The article also shows the role of the pharmaceutical industry in the popularization of radioactive drugs, the drugs that had intended to cure the evil cancer, the impact of the death of the radiologist doctors, the population statistics of the main death causes in the state of Minas Gerais, the challenge of the application of radiotherapy in the cases of cancer diagnosis and the efforts for improving the medical knowledge in the area of oncology, efforts that promoted the visit of Mme. Curie to the Minas Gerais capital and of the donation by her of a radioactive needle to the Institute of Radium.O presente artigo descreve ações particulares e públicas para o desenvolvimento de uma infra-estrutura apropriada para a implantação da radioterapia na prática médica na capital de Minas Gerais. Assim, surge o Instituto de Radium em Belo Horizonte, cidade que pretendia ser centro modernizador do estado. A radioterapia e os elementos radioativos ainda eram demasiadamente novos em seu uso medicinal, assim, durante a década de 1920, foram largamente empregados para a cura de um amplo sortimento de doenças: de dermatites aos diversos tipos de câncer. Para ilustrar os primórdios da aplicação das radiações na medicina, foram utilizados como fontes: jornais, revistas médicas e livros de autobiografia. O artigo mostra também o papel da indústria farmacêutica na divulgação de fármacos radioativos e ainda de drogas que pretendiam curar o mal do câncer, o impacto da morte dos médicos-radiologistas, as estatísticas populacionais das principais causas de morte no Estado de Minas Gerais, o desafio da aplicação da radioterapia nos casos de diagnóstico de câncer e os esforços no sentido de aprimorar os conhecimentos médicos na Área da Oncologia, esforços esses que promoveram a visita de Mme. Curie à Capital Mineira, e da doação, pela mesma, de uma agulha radioativa para o Instituto de Radium.INCA2008-12-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/170410.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2008v54n4.1704Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia; Vol. 54 No. 4 (2008): Oct./Nov./Dec.; 373-381Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia; Vol. 54 Núm. 4 (2008): oct./nov.dic.; 373-381Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia; v. 54 n. 4 (2008): out./nov./dez.; 373-3812176-9745reponame:Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online)instname:Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva (INCA)instacron:INCAporhttps://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/1704/1006Cuperschmid, Ethel Mizrahy Campos, Tarcisio Passos Ribeiro de info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-11-29T20:22:03Zoai:rbc.inca.gov.br:article/1704Revistahttps://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revistaPUBhttps://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/oairbc@inca.gov.br0034-71162176-9745opendoar:2021-11-29T20:22:03Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online) - Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva (INCA)false |
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The Beginning of the Use of Radiation in the Minas Gerais Medicine Primórdios do Uso da Radiação na Medicina Mineira |
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The Beginning of the Use of Radiation in the Minas Gerais Medicine |
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The Beginning of the Use of Radiation in the Minas Gerais Medicine Cuperschmid, Ethel Mizrahy História da Medicina Radioterapia Indústria farmacêutica Neoplasias History of Medicine Radiotherapy Drug industry Neoplasms |
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The Beginning of the Use of Radiation in the Minas Gerais Medicine |
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The Beginning of the Use of Radiation in the Minas Gerais Medicine |
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The Beginning of the Use of Radiation in the Minas Gerais Medicine |
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The Beginning of the Use of Radiation in the Minas Gerais Medicine |
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The Beginning of the Use of Radiation in the Minas Gerais Medicine |
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Cuperschmid, Ethel Mizrahy |
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Cuperschmid, Ethel Mizrahy Campos, Tarcisio Passos Ribeiro de |
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Cuperschmid, Ethel Mizrahy Campos, Tarcisio Passos Ribeiro de |
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História da Medicina Radioterapia Indústria farmacêutica Neoplasias History of Medicine Radiotherapy Drug industry Neoplasms |
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História da Medicina Radioterapia Indústria farmacêutica Neoplasias History of Medicine Radiotherapy Drug industry Neoplasms |
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The present article describes private and public actions for the development of an infrastructure adequate for implementing radiotherapy as a medical practice in the capital of Minas Gerais. The Institute of Radium was created in Belo Horizonte, a city that intended to be a modernizing center of the state. The radiotherapy and the radioactive elements were still new for the medical practice, so, during the decade of 1920, they were broadly used for the cure of a wide assortment of diseases: from dermatites to several cancer types. To illustrate the early times of the radiation application in the medicine, the following sources were used: newspapers, medical journals and autobiography books. The article also shows the role of the pharmaceutical industry in the popularization of radioactive drugs, the drugs that had intended to cure the evil cancer, the impact of the death of the radiologist doctors, the population statistics of the main death causes in the state of Minas Gerais, the challenge of the application of radiotherapy in the cases of cancer diagnosis and the efforts for improving the medical knowledge in the area of oncology, efforts that promoted the visit of Mme. Curie to the Minas Gerais capital and of the donation by her of a radioactive needle to the Institute of Radium. |
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