Vallejo Mauro Sebastián
Investigador Asistente, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina; Instituto de Investigaciones, Facultad de Psicología/Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires-Argentina
Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 2019 Jun 19;26(2):556-572. doi: 10.1590/S0104-59702019000200011.
The goal of this article is to document early attitudes to X-rays in scientific culture in the city of Buenos Aires. Using various types of periodical sources, the text explores the different reactions to the novelty among different actors in the literary world. Newspapers and weekly magazines for the general public quickly broadcast the discovery, stressing its marvelous or prodigious nature. Meanwhile, physicians in the city took contrasting positions, ranging from mistrust to enthusiasm. Lastly, spiritualists in the city wrote numerous texts about the innovation, and reinterpreted it in accordance with their strategies for self-legitimation.
本文的目的是记录布宜诺斯艾利斯市科学文化界对X射线的早期态度。通过各类期刊资料，本文探讨了文学界不同参与者对这一新奇事物的不同反应。面向普通大众的报纸和周刊迅速报道了这一发现，强调其神奇或惊人的性质。与此同时，该市的医生们则持不同立场，从怀疑到热情不一。最后，该市的唯灵论者撰写了大量关于这一创新的文章，并根据他们的自我合法化策略对其进行了重新诠释。
