Discursos y prácticas en los sanatorios para tuberculosos en la provincia de Córdoba, 1910-1947 / Discourses and practices in the sanatorium for tuberculosis sufferers in the province of Cordoba. 1910-1947

La tuberculosis fue una enfermedad estigmatizante, con una fuerte carga valorativa elaborada desde la misma medicina. Este trabajo pretende realizar un análisis de las concepciones médicas acerca de la enfermedad y su repercusión en los enfermos en un ámbito especial como fueron los sanatorios para tuberculosos. Se parte, para el análisis, de una enumeración de los sanatorios en la provincia de Córdoba, para luego estudiar las miradas médicas acerca de los sanatorios y el contagio como el elemento fundamental para la internación de los tuberculosos. Luego pasamos al análisis de los mitos que se generaron en torno a la enfermedad y, por último, tratamos de entender cómo estos generaron una la conformación de un grupo social particular en esos mismos sanatorios (AU)

Tuberculosis was a stigmatized disease, with a strong social meaning developed by medicine itself. In this paper, we make an analysis of the medical conceptions about the disease, and their repercussions on patients in a special place such as tuberculosis sanatoriums. In the first place, we enumerate the sanatoriums in the province of Cordoba, after that, we study the medical views about the sanatoriums and the infection, as a central element for hospitalized patients with tuberculosis. Later, we analyze the myths generated around the disease, and finally, we try to understand how these myths made possible to create a particular social group within those sanatoriums (AU)

[Discourses and practices in the sanatoriums for tuberculosis sufferers in the province of Cordoba. 1910-1947]. / Discursos y prácticas en los sanatorios para tuberculosos en la provincia de Córdoba. 1910-1947.

Tuberculosis was a stigmatized disease, with a strong social meaning developed by medicine itself. In this paper, we make an analysis of the medical conceptions about the disease, and their repercussions on patients in a special place such as tuberculosis sanatoriums. In the first place, we enumerate the sanatoriums in the province of Cordoba, after that, we study the medical views about the sanatoriums and the infection, as a central element for hospitalized patients with tuberculosis. Later, we analyze the myths generated around the disease, and finally, we try to understand how these myths made possible to create a particular social group within those sanatoriums.

From a pump handle to oral rehydration therapy: a model of translational research.

Few afflictions have attracted as much attention and impacted on as many societal and biomedical areas as cholera. Dr. John Snow's studies launched the field of epidemiology, were early applications of medical cartography, and promoted the use of statistical methods in medicine. The finding that cholera was due to the ingestion of contaminated water lent to the demise of the prevalent "miasmatic theory of contagion," set the platform for the "germ theory of disease," and promoted the growth of public health concerns for water purification and sanitation. More recent attention to this disease led to the notion of "secretory diarrhea" and the translation of basic principles to the development of oral rehydration therapy and its "spin-offs" (Gatorade and Pedilyte).

The practice of infection control and applied epidemiology: a historical perspective.

The United States health care system and patient populations have changed substantially over the past several decades. The practice of infection control also has evolved since the landmark Study on the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control project, and infection control professionals (ICPs) must continue to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to practice infection prevention and control. Practice analyses of infection control conducted between 1982 and 2001 were analyzed to determine changes in practice. These data reflect a 145% increase in infection control activities over a 20-year period. However, resources for infection control and prevention have not kept pace with this increased activity. In addition, the current trend toward mandatory reporting of health care-associated infections (HAIs) among several states will add more tasks for ICPs with limited resources, at the risk of spending less time on prevention and control activities. In keeping with its philosophy of quality health care and responsible public reporting, the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc, continues to explore the issue of mandatory reporting of HAIs.