García Mónica
Profesora, Programa de Historia/Escuela de Ciencias Humanas/Universidad del Rosario. Bogotá - Departamento Cundinamarca - Colombia
Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 2019 Jun 19;26(2):623-641. doi: 10.1590/S0104-59702019000200014.
This article provides a historiographical analysis of yellow fever in Latin America. It shows that the dominant narratives approach the fever using the nature-culture dichotomy, either treating the fever as an historical actor or linking its history to power relations. This study explores some histories that associate the disease with the racialization of public health discourse, the relationship between centers and peripheries in the production of science, and US public health. It argues that this historiography fixes the nature of the fever according to contemporary medical knowledge (presentism), and suggests that new themes and perspectives might emerge from a dialogue with the history and sociology of science.
本文对拉丁美洲的黄热病进行了史学分析。研究表明，主流叙事采用自然与文化二分法来探讨黄热病，要么将其视为历史参与者，要么将其历史与权力关系联系起来。本研究探索了一些历史，这些历史将该疾病与公共卫生话语的种族化、科学生产中中心与边缘的关系以及美国公共卫生联系起来。研究认为，这种史学研究根据当代医学知识（历史相对论）来确定黄热病的本质，并建议通过与科学史和科学社会学的对话可能会出现新的主题和观点。
