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Sílvio Marcus de Souza Correa1
1História e do Programa de Pós-graduação em História, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil, 88010-970.
Abstract:
This article shows how much certain German language newspapers were a vehicule for reporting to the lay public on 'combating' tropical diseases. Through the press, immigrants and their descendents in Brazil were informed not only about the diseases which afflicted German colonists in Africa, but also about measures concerning sanitation, prophylaxis and experiments with tropical medicine, etc. Based on hemerographic sources, it shows how successful the overseas German communities were in sharing their experiences regarding health in tropical and/or sub-tropical regions.
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