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Enfermedad de Alzheimer , Aterosclerosis , Ataque Isquémico Transitorio , Accidente Cerebrovascular Isquémico , Monjas , Accidente Cerebrovascular , Aterosclerosis/complicaciones , Infarto Encefálico/complicaciones , Estudios de Cohortes , Humanos , Incidencia , Ataque Isquémico Transitorio/complicaciones , Ataque Isquémico Transitorio/epidemiología , Actividades Recreativas , Prevalencia , Factores de Riesgo , Accidente Cerebrovascular/complicacionesRESUMEN
Resumo O artigo discute os pedidos de freiras do Convento da Ajuda para deixar a clausura a fim de curar doenças contagiosas. O padecimento dessas doenças era considerado uma das poucas exceções para permitir a saída das freiras. As ordens femininas guardavam estritamente a clausura, condição necessária para manter o recato de virgens consagradas a Cristo. A documentação contém detalhes sobre as causas e as formas de transmissão das doenças, bem como sobre os tipos de tratamento para combatê-las. Por fim, os processos esclarecem os procedimentos adotados fora da clausura para as freiras não colocarem em risco o recolhimento e a honra, quando iam buscar em locais distantes o tratamento adequado para aquelas doenças.
Abstract This article discusses the requests submitted by nuns from Convento da Ajuda (Ajuda Convent) to leave their life of enclosure to receive treatment for contagious diseases. Disease was one of the few cases in which nuns were granted permission to leave. The female orders were strictly cloistered in order to preserve their purity as virgins consecrated to Christ. Extant documents detail the causes of the diseases, the ways they were transmitted, and the treatments used to fight them. These processes shed light on the procedures adopted outside the cloisters so that the nuns did not jeopardize their reclusion and honor when they went to distant places in search of treatment.
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Humanos , Femenino , Historia del Siglo XVIII , Catolicismo/historia , Enfermedades Transmisibles/historia , Monjas/historia , Religión y Medicina , Brasil , Enfermedades Transmisibles/terapia , Enfermedades Transmisibles/transmisión , Lepra/historia , Lepra/terapia , Tuberculosis/historia , Tuberculosis/terapiaRESUMEN
This article discusses the requests submitted by nuns from Convento da Ajuda (Ajuda Convent) to leave their life of enclosure to receive treatment for contagious diseases. Disease was one of the few cases in which nuns were granted permission to leave. The female orders were strictly cloistered in order to preserve their purity as virgins consecrated to Christ. Extant documents detail the causes of the diseases, the ways they were transmitted, and the treatments used to fight them. These processes shed light on the procedures adopted outside the cloisters so that the nuns did not jeopardize their reclusion and honor when they went to distant places in search of treatment.