Beribéri: doença misteriosa no Brasil oitocentista
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2014-04
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This article presents news about the incidence of beriberi in nineteenth-
century Brazil. Responsible for so many troubles, sufferings and human deaths - which
fueled remarkable advancement of medical science and nutrition - the illness has lacked
attention from historians. This article presents results of research on cases of this disease
in Goias and its relation to local eating habits. Although the medical literature of the
period does not mention occurrences of the illness in the region, the documentary research
has proven that it was endemic and sometimes epidemic in the region.
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Beribéri, Doenças, Medicina, Alimentação, Goiás, Beriberi, Medicine, Disease, Feeding, Goiás State
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MAGALHÃES, Sônia Maria de. Beribéri: doença misteriosa no Brasil oitocentista. História Unisinos, São Leopoldo, v. 18, n. 1, p. 158-169, jan./abr. 2014.