Baruzzi R G, Marcopito L F, Serra M L, Souza F A, Stabile C
Ciba Found Symp. 1977(49):179-200. doi: 10.1002/9780470715406.ch10.
Primitive groups of people, living in complete isolation, are rarely encountered these days. In fact, the process of 'approximation', or contact, depends upon decisions made on both sides--that representing the civilized world and that representing the group called by us 'primitive'. The isolated group, however, can never perceive the tremendous risks its members will inevitably encounter one the barrier of isolation, by which they are protected, has been broken. Civilized man has the means of persuasion and attraction at his disposal and also knows the risks involved. It must therefore be his responsibility to protect and preserve the group right from the initial contact. In spite of the medical resources available, primitive man has paid heavily in human lives through contact with the civilized world. This raises two equally important question: (a) have medical resources been thoroughly applied to protect these groups? And (b) are the existing medical resources sufficient to ensure the survival of primitive man once his state of isolation has been broken? Without any definite answers to these questions, we are limited to describing our experiences with the Kren-Akorore Indians, recently contacted in Central Brazil. We also present data on the biological characteristics of these Indians, collected two years after the first contact.
如今，很少能遇到完全与世隔绝生活的原始人群体。事实上，“接近”或接触的过程取决于双方做出的决定——一方代表文明世界，另一方代表我们所说的“原始”群体。然而，这个孤立的群体永远无法意识到，一旦保护他们的隔离屏障被打破，其成员将不可避免地面临巨大风险。文明人拥有劝说和吸引的手段，也了解其中涉及的风险。因此，从最初接触开始就保护和维护这个群体必然是他的责任。尽管有可用的医疗资源，但原始人因与文明世界接触已付出了沉重的生命代价。这引发了两个同样重要的问题：（a）医疗资源是否已被充分应用于保护这些群体？以及（b）一旦原始人的隔离状态被打破，现有的医疗资源是否足以确保他们的生存？由于对这些问题没有明确答案，我们只能描述我们最近在巴西中部接触到的克伦 - 阿科罗雷印第安人的经历。我们还展示了首次接触两年后收集的关于这些印第安人生物特征的数据。
