The Rockefeller Foundation and the experimental dimension in the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, 1920-1934
This article analyses the treatment practices of the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, which was carried out through a cooperation agreement between the International Health Board (IHB) of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Colombian government between 1920 and 1934. Particularly, the p...
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| description | This article analyses the treatment practices of the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, which was carried out through a cooperation agreement between the International Health Board (IHB) of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Colombian government between 1920 and 1934. Particularly, the processes that led to changes in treatment methods are analysed, as well as the variations in the doses of vermifuges and laxatives, that in many cases caused poisoning and deaths in the farmer population of the coffee region, which was the focal point of the campaign. The review of documentary sources, both local and international, on the campaign to fight hookworm disease in Colombia during the period 1920 and 1934, allowed for a reflection and understanding of how such treatment practices were part of an in situ experimental medicalisation process on the population, where the guidelines of time and cost directed, to a great extent, the decisions on what method and what treatment to follow. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-117662023-10-04T13:38:29Z The Rockefeller Foundation and the experimental dimension in the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, 1920-1934 La Fundación Rockefeller y la dimensión experimental en la campaña contra la Anemia Tropical en Colombia, 1920 – 1934 La Fondation Rockefeller et la dimension expérimentale dans la campagne contre l’anémie tropicale en Colombie, 1920-1934 Garzon, Maria Catalina Hookworm disease Rockefeller Foundation experimentation poisoning vermifuges medicalization Anemia tropical Fundación Rockefeller experimentación intoxicación vermífugos medicalización anémie tropicale Fondation Rockefeller expérimentation intoxication vermifuges médicalisation This article analyses the treatment practices of the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, which was carried out through a cooperation agreement between the International Health Board (IHB) of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Colombian government between 1920 and 1934. Particularly, the processes that led to changes in treatment methods are analysed, as well as the variations in the doses of vermifuges and laxatives, that in many cases caused poisoning and deaths in the farmer population of the coffee region, which was the focal point of the campaign. The review of documentary sources, both local and international, on the campaign to fight hookworm disease in Colombia during the period 1920 and 1934, allowed for a reflection and understanding of how such treatment practices were part of an in situ experimental medicalisation process on the population, where the guidelines of time and cost directed, to a great extent, the decisions on what method and what treatment to follow. Este artículo analiza las prácticas de tratamiento de la campaña contra la anemia tropical en Colombia, que fue llevada a cabo a través de un acuerdo de cooperación entre la Junta Internacional de Salud (IHB) de la Fundación Rockefeller y el gobierno colombiano entre 1920 y 1934. Particularmente, se analizan los procesos que llevaron a cambios en los métodos de tratamiento y las variaciones en las dosis de vermífugos y purgantes, que en muchos casos desencadenaron en intoxicaciones y muertes en la población campesina de la región cafetera, principal foco de la campaña. La revisión de fuentes documentales, locales e internacionales, sobre la campaña para combatir la anemia tropical en Colombia durante el periodo 1920 y 1934 permitió reflexionar y comprender cómo tales prácticas de tratamiento hicieron parte de un proceso de medicalización experimental en terreno sobre la población, donde las directrices tiempo y costo guiaron, en gran parte, las decisiones sobre qué método y qué tratamiento seguir. Cet article revient sur les pratiques de traitement de la campagne contre l’anémie tropicale en Colombie menée suite à un accord de coopération entre le Conseil International de Santé (IHB) de la Fondation Rockefeller et le gouvernement colombien entre 1920 et 1934. On analyse particulièrement les processus ayant induit des changements sur les méthodes de traitement et les variations dans les doses de vermifuges et des purgatifs, ce qui a souvent produit des intoxications et même des décès chez la population paysanne de la région productrice du café, lieu par excellence où la campagne a été mise en œuvre. L’étude des sources documentaires relatives à cette campagne, aussi bien locales qu’internationales, permet de comprendre comment des telles pratiques de traitement ont fait partie d’un processus de médicalisation expérimentale sur la population, processus guidé par les critères de temps et de coût qui, à leur tour, déterminaient quel méthode ou quel traitement adopter. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2021-06-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/xml https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/11766 10.19053/20275137.n23.2021.11766 Historia Y Memoria; No. 23 (2021): Sociocultural history of medicine and health in Latin America, 16th to 20th; 161-196 Historia Y Memoria; Núm. 23 (2021): Julio-Diciembre 2021. Historia Sociocultural de la Medicina y la Salud en América Latina. Siglos XVI al XX; 161-196 Historia Y Memoria; No 23 (2021): Histoire socio-culturelle de la médecine et de la santé en Amérique latine (XVIe – XXe siècles); 161-196 2322-777X 2027-5137 10.19053/20275137.n23.2021 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/11766/10703 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/11766/11427 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/11766/12910 Derechos de autor 2021 Historia Y MEMORIA |
| spellingShingle | Hookworm disease Rockefeller Foundation experimentation poisoning vermifuges medicalization Anemia tropical Fundación Rockefeller experimentación intoxicación vermífugos medicalización anémie tropicale Fondation Rockefeller expérimentation intoxication vermifuges médicalisation Garzon, Maria Catalina The Rockefeller Foundation and the experimental dimension in the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, 1920-1934 |
| title | The Rockefeller Foundation and the experimental dimension in the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, 1920-1934 |
| title_alt | La Fundación Rockefeller y la dimensión experimental en la campaña contra la Anemia Tropical en Colombia, 1920 – 1934 La Fondation Rockefeller et la dimension expérimentale dans la campagne contre l’anémie tropicale en Colombie, 1920-1934 |
| title_full | The Rockefeller Foundation and the experimental dimension in the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, 1920-1934 |
| title_fullStr | The Rockefeller Foundation and the experimental dimension in the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, 1920-1934 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Rockefeller Foundation and the experimental dimension in the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, 1920-1934 |
| title_short | The Rockefeller Foundation and the experimental dimension in the campaign against hookworm disease in Colombia, 1920-1934 |
| title_sort | rockefeller foundation and the experimental dimension in the campaign against hookworm disease in colombia 1920 1934 |
| topic | Hookworm disease Rockefeller Foundation experimentation poisoning vermifuges medicalization Anemia tropical Fundación Rockefeller experimentación intoxicación vermífugos medicalización anémie tropicale Fondation Rockefeller expérimentation intoxication vermifuges médicalisation |
| topic_facet | Hookworm disease Rockefeller Foundation experimentation poisoning vermifuges medicalization Anemia tropical Fundación Rockefeller experimentación intoxicación vermífugos medicalización anémie tropicale Fondation Rockefeller expérimentation intoxication vermifuges médicalisation |
| url | https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/11766 |
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