Accidentes terapéuticos y nuevas prácticas de salud. La medicina colombiana frente a la catástrofe de la vacunación antidiftérica en Medellín, 1930

This article explores the context and records of the first Colombian iatrogenic catastrophe in a vaccination campaign against diphtheria in nurseries in Medellin. Research reveals that, although therapeutic innovation allowed national medicine to consolidate, this catastrophe tested its legitimacy a...

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Main Author: Víctor Manuel García
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de los Andes 2012-04-01
Series:Historia Crítica
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Online Access:http://historiacritica.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/745/index.php?id=745
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Accidentes terapéuticos y nuevas prácticas de salud. La medicina colombiana frente a la catástrofe de la vacunación antidiftérica en Medellín, 1930
Historia Crítica
Medical research
diphtheria
vaccination
Colombia.
author_facet Víctor Manuel García
author_sort Víctor Manuel García
title Accidentes terapéuticos y nuevas prácticas de salud. La medicina colombiana frente a la catástrofe de la vacunación antidiftérica en Medellín, 1930
title_short Accidentes terapéuticos y nuevas prácticas de salud. La medicina colombiana frente a la catástrofe de la vacunación antidiftérica en Medellín, 1930
title_full Accidentes terapéuticos y nuevas prácticas de salud. La medicina colombiana frente a la catástrofe de la vacunación antidiftérica en Medellín, 1930
title_fullStr Accidentes terapéuticos y nuevas prácticas de salud. La medicina colombiana frente a la catástrofe de la vacunación antidiftérica en Medellín, 1930
title_full_unstemmed Accidentes terapéuticos y nuevas prácticas de salud. La medicina colombiana frente a la catástrofe de la vacunación antidiftérica en Medellín, 1930
title_sort accidentes terapéuticos y nuevas prácticas de salud. la medicina colombiana frente a la catástrofe de la vacunación antidiftérica en medellín, 1930
publisher Universidad de los Andes
series Historia Crítica
issn 0121-1617
1900-6152
publishDate 2012-04-01
description This article explores the context and records of the first Colombian iatrogenic catastrophe in a vaccination campaign against diphtheria in nurseries in Medellin. Research reveals that, although therapeutic innovation allowed national medicine to consolidate, this catastrophe tested its legitimacy and led local physicians to work on new research regarding the safety and efficacy of using serums and vaccines. Through different sources, it also studies the context in which local health product laboratories were created, the media coverage of the catastrophe, and the perception of the public regarding the risk of biomedical practices.
topic Medical research
diphtheria
vaccination
Colombia.
url http://historiacritica.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/745/index.php?id=745
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