Doenças das crianças goianas no século XIX os registros de óbitos do Hospital de Caridade São Pedro de Alcântara

Abstract

Recovering the history of childhood in Brazil constitutes an arduous task undertaken by historians since the last decades of the twentieth century. Existing research attempts to give voice to boys and girls through research and revaluation of historical documentation. Despite recent prog- ress, little is known about the children’s literature, games, health and in the education in the nineteenth century. Thus, this study intends to provide relevant information on living conditions, illnesses and diet of children in the interior of Brazil from this period, from the records of death issued by the charity Hospital São Pedro de Alcântara of Goiás city.