The books of the dead revisited: mortality and morbidity in the German colonies of southern Brazil, 1850-1880

Abstract Examines mortality and morbidity in São Leopoldo/RS (1850-1880). Our interdisciplinary study is based on the Gemeindebücher (parish registers) produced by Lutheran communities. These “community books” reveal high rates of fertility and premature death. Infant mortality and maternal death as...

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Main Authors: João Biehl, Miquéias Henrique Mugge, Ana Maria Goldani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
Series:História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702018000401197&lng=en&tlng=en