A medicina missionária pioneira e o papel da União Evangélica Sul-Americana (UESA) em Goiás, na primeira metade do século XX
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2021-06-23
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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Pioneer Missionary Medicine and the Role of the Evangelical Union of South American (UESA) in
Goiás, in the first half of the 20th century is the result of an accurate research work that sought to
elucidate relevant questions about the relevance of Pioneer Missionary Medicine and its impact in
Goiás in the period under review. Thus, the work that the reader has at hand, consists of a theoretical
and methodological path that runs through the process of the history of medicine in Goiás from its
beginnings to the mid-twentieth century. Unlike some studies in the field of health and disease
history focused on capitals and coastal cities, or even studies from the hinterland, this work focuses
on the values that make up a specific ethos based on comprehensive Weberian sociology and history.
From this theoretical perspective, it was possible to build its own typology, relying on the experience
of health agents involved in scientific medicine and motivated by the Protestant Christian faith from
the Evangelical Union of South American (UESA). Throughout the development of the research, we
followed some paths. First, we investigated the lives of 19th century medical missionaries in
different regions of the world, marked by the lack of care in the area of health and education, among
other essential aspects for the social development of local communities. The key question in this
context is: how and what were the central characters in shaping the ethos of pioneer missionary
medicine? We defend the premise that their actions were based on spirituality and how it has
stimulated action in regions considered inhospitable. Second, we will investigate the health situation
in Goiás from its origin until the arrival of UESA members in 1911, looking at the establishment of
hospitals, leprosariums, health facilities and the permanence of licensed doctors. We defend the
argument that the precarious and complex situation of public health in Goiás was the ideal
environment for the performance of health agents with the ethos of pioneer missionary medicine.
We will try to show how Scotland was the radiating center of scientific medicine, the role of the
World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh in 1910, its positions on medicine applied to missions
and its view on Latin America. The research also shows that the city of Anápolis, Goiás, was a kind
of radiating center for Pioneer Missionary Medicine in Brazil. Health agents and institutions created
by them made it possible for the city to become a reference in scientific medicine, with a
multiplication of actions in Goiás, especially starting from 1920’s to 1943, an essential period in this
investigation, based on extensive research carried out at the Center for the Study of World
Christianity, from the University of Edinburgh.
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CARVALHO, H. G. A medicina missionária pioneira e o papel da União Evangélica Sul-Americana (UESA) em Goiás, na primeira metade do século XX. 2021. 289. Tese (Doutorado em História) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2021.