[Tuberculosis and phthisiophobia in Argentina: discourses and conflicts in the construction of the Ascochinga sanitorium, 1925]. / Tuberculosis y tisofobia en Argentina: discursos y conflictos en la construcción del sanatorio de Ascochinga, 1925.

This article aims to analyze the positions and arguments of various state and social actors around the construction by the "Argentine Medical Establishmen" company of a sanatorium for attending to tuberculosis sufferers in the town of Ascochinga, Córdoba, Argentina in 1925. It examines the views on tuberculosis of distinct actors in Córdoba province, beginning with Ascochinga's neighbors, business owners and the President of the Hygiene Council of the province, the President of the Climatology and Climatherapy Commission and the Public Prosecutor, and their arguments for and against the construction of the sanatorium. Although several studies have been performed on the construction and organization of various facilities to house tuberculosis patients, there has been no analysis of the conflicts that the construction generated in the society, as part of the development of institutions for attending to tuberculosis patients. Our hypothesis is that "phthisiophobia" (fear of contagion of the disease) was the core element of the arguments used to attack or defend the development of the sanatorium. We consider the case study of Ascochinga sanatorium a paradigmatic case for understanding the discourses and perceptions of the Argentine society around tuberculosis.

[Know-what and know-how in the Hospital-Asilo of Oliva (1914-1950): the Adela case]. / El saber ver y el saber hacer en el hospital-asilo de Oliva (1914-1950): el caso Adela.

This paper analyze multiple experiences about the functioning of the first Open-Door in Argentina's inside, the "Asilo Colonia Regional Mixto de Alienados Oliva", created in the province of Cordoba in 1914. We approach a set of clinical histories and specialized publications of the institutional bulletin, deepening in theoretical and therapeutic processes articulated during the first decade of hospitalization of a patient who lived in Oliva most of her adult life. This study case questions the relevance given to this madhouse as a space of reclusion and social control. We show that, in a context of crisis about institutional resources and transformation into psychiatric models, the configuration of know-what and know-how of these alienists did not constitute a monolithic authority, accounting for how the behaviors of patients and their relatives, values and social uses defined types of income, diagnoses and treatment possibilities.

En este trabajo analizamos múltiples experiencias en el funcionamiento del primer open-door creado en la provincia de Córdoba, en 1914: el "Asilo Colonia Regional Mixto de Alienados Oliva". Abordamos un conjunto de historias clínicas y publicaciones especializadas del boletín institucional, profundizando en procesos teóricos y terapéuticos articulados durante la primera década de internación de una paciente que vivió en Oliva la mayor parte de su vida adulta. Este estudio de caso, cuestiona la tradicional relevancia otorgada a este manicomio como espacio de reclusión y control social. Mostramos que, en un contexto de constante crisis de los recursos institucionales y de trasformación de los modelos psiquiátricos, la configuración del "saber ver" y el "saber hacer" de estos alienistas no constituyeron una autoridad monolítica, dando cuenta de cómo los comportamientos de los pacientes y sus allegados, los valores y usos sociales definían tipos de ingresos, diagnósticos y posibilidades de tratamiento.

[The cholera epidemics in Córdoba as seen through the press: the supply of preservatives and cures during the 1867-1868 epidemic]. / Las epidemias de cólera en Córdoba a través del penriodismo: la oferta de productos preservativos y curativos durante la epidemia de 1867-1868.

Disease is always represented a moment of crisis for individuals and societies. When death brought by disease hangs heavy over societies, they are lead to develop strategies to prevent and cure it. Epidemics, especially cholera epidemics, have had a strong impact on Argentine society, especially on Cordoba residents, because the first cholera outbreak was highly devastating in both demographic and social terms. In this article we analyze the supply of products that were advertised in the press during the first epidemic, which broke out in 1867-68. Our basic hypothesis is that the products available developed a widespread trade that was not the object of commercial transactions common to those social grouping during periods in which there were no epidemics. When they took place, those products were directed towards more affluent groups.

Assessment of renal maturity by assisted morphometry in autopsied fetuses.

BACKGROUND: The kidney is one organ which presents distinct morphology depending on GA; the classic references for kidney measurements were established several years ago and it is not certain if they are still accurate. AIM: To evaluate the renal maturity using a computer-assisted morphometry in autopsied fetuses within 20 to 40 weeks of GA. STUDY DESIGN: Microscopic hematoxylin and eosin stained renal sections from 67 stillborns were utilized for the morphometric analyses. RESULTS: It was possible to promote an adjustment in the formula used to calculate the number of mature glomeruli layers to the GA (GLN = 0.212GA + 0.0169) in autopsy material and it was different from the literature (Sr = 0.709; p < 0.001). Regarding the nephrogenic zone, it decreases with the GA as confirmed by the regression equation NZ = 490.7-(11.9 x GA) (p < 0.001; Sr = -0.685). CONCLUSION: In conclusion, our data contribute to the evaluation of renal maturity and GA in autopsied fetuses, showing particular importance in autolyzed fetuses, in which the parameters used in the present study can still be applied. The correction of the formula for counting mature glomeruli layers for each GA and the addition of new morphometric parameters for the evaluation of renal maturity increase the precision for the analysis of spontaneous abortion and autopsy material, improving the correlation with pathological processes in clinical findings and in the other organs.

El saber ver y el saber hacer en el hospital-asilo de Oliva (1914-1950): el caso Adela / Know-what and know-how in the Hospital-Asilo of Oliva (1914-1950): the Adela case

RESUMEN En este trabajo analizamos múltiples experiencias en el funcionamiento del primer open-door creado en la provincia de Córdoba, en 1914: el "Asilo Colonia Regional Mixto de Alienados Oliva". Abordamos un conjunto de historias clínicas y publicaciones especializadas del boletín institucional, profundizando en procesos teóricos y terapéuticos articulados durante la primera década de internación de una paciente que vivió en Oliva la mayor parte de su vida adulta. Este estudio de caso, cuestiona la tradicional relevancia otorgada a este manicomio como espacio de reclusión y control social. Mostramos que, en un contexto de constante crisis de los recursos institucionales y de trasformación de los modelos psiquiátricos, la configuración del "saber ver" y el "saber hacer" de estos alienistas no constituyeron una autoridad monolítica, dando cuenta de cómo los comportamientos de los pacientes y sus allegados, los valores y usos sociales definían tipos de ingresos, diagnósticos y posibilidades de tratamiento.

ABSTRACT This paper analyze multiple experiences about the functioning of the first Open-Door in Argentina's inside, the "Asilo Colonia Regional Mixto de Alienados Oliva", created in the province of Cordoba in 1914. We approach a set of clinical histories and specialized publications of the institutional bulletin, deepening in theoretical and therapeutic processes articulated during the first decade of hospitalization of a patient who lived in Oliva most of her adult life. This study case questions the relevance given to this madhouse as a space of reclusion and social control. We show that, in a context of crisis about institutional resources and transformation into psychiatric models, the configuration of know-what and know-how of these alienists did not constitute a monolithic authority, accounting for how the behaviors of patients and their relatives, values and social uses defined types of income, diagnoses and treatment possibilities.

Las epidemias de cólera en Córdoba a través del periodismo: la oferta de productos preservativos y curativos durante la epidemia de 1867-1868 / Cholera epidemics in Córdoba as seen through the press: the supply of preventive and curative products during the 1867-68 epidemic

La enfermedad es un momento de crisis tanto individual como social. La cercanía de la muerte debido a la dolencia genera en las sociedades estrategias para evadirla o curarla. Las epidemias y especialmente las de cólera tuvieron una impronta muy fuerte en la sociedad argentina y especialmente en la cordobesa ya que la primera de ellas fue devastadora en términos demográficos y sociales. En este artículo pretendemos analizar el ofrecimiento de productos, que se publicaba en la prensa escrita en la primer epidemia del año 1867/68. Partimos de la hipótesis de que los productos que se ofrecían desarrollaban un comercio de carácter suntuario que no eran objeto de transacciones comerciales habitualmente por la población en momentos no epidémicos y que a su vez estaban dirigidos hacia los sectores de mayor nivel adquisitivo.

Throughout human history, disease has always represented a moment of crisis for individuals and societies. When death brought by disease hangs heavy over societies, they are led to develop strategies to prevent and cure it. Epidemics, especially cholera epidemics, have had a strong impact on Argentine society and especially on Córdoba residents, because the first cholera outbreak was demographically and socially highly devastating. In this article we analyze the supply of products advertised in the press (the only media available at the time) during the first epidemic, which broke out in 1867-8. Our hypothesis is that the products available, which we believe were consumed by some groups in society, led to a sumptuary trade that was not common among the population when there were no epidemics. At times of epidemics, these products were directed towards more affluent groups. We also believe that the supply of such products changed as their trade increased.

Epidemias y Estado el caso de la ciudad de Córdoba a fines del siglo XIX / Epidemies and State the case of the city of Córdoba in the ends of the XIX century

Presenta la relevancia de la hipótesis de González Leandri que sotiene que en Buenos Aires, a mediados del siglo XIX los itinerarios de las epidemias contitueyron circunstancias históricas fundamentales para los médicos diplomados consolidaran su profesión -y la propia medicina- en relación con un Estado que procuraba avanzar en su dominación sobre la sociedad civil. Para analizar estas problemáticas fue introdujido en el estudio de la constitución y funcionamento del sistema preventivo-sanitario anti-epidémico en la ciudad de Córdoba, en plena institucionalización durante las últimas décadas del siglo XIX.