O Impaludismo no caminho da estrada de ferro Vitória a Minas (1920 - 1942)

• Ano de defesa: 2021
• Autor(a) principal: Alvarenga, Luiza Maria de Castro Augusto
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BR; Doutorado em História; Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais; UFES; Programa de Pós-Graduação em História
• Palavras-chave em Português: Impaludismo; malária; ferrovia; morte invisível; EFVM; subject.br-rjbn; História
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/14598

The study aims to build the historiography of malaria in the territory covered by the VitóriaMinas Railway, between 1920 and 1942. This is a research, where documentary, bibliographic and oral sources were used, seeking support in the conceptual theoretical assumptions of Charles Rosemberg, where two concepts build up the methodological path: "framing disease", where science fits the disease, and "disease is a frame", where the disease itself frames society, being able to reveal the social events of the moment. With this goal, the documents and interviews were read from the content analysis looking for the researched theme. The historiography of malaria, known on the railway as impaludism, was sought in the interaction of four elements, the disease, the sicken body, the railway, the health policies for disease control, in the time frame studied, and these elements build the chapters. Malaria revealed the state health policy, which is technically and financially dependent on the Federal Government, where control and prevention actions were concentrated in the Brazilian capital, leaving the population at the countryside of Espírito Santo without adequate protection and without coverage in the working population of Vitória-Minas Railway, and little attention to the north of Espírito Santo. Railroad doctors distribute quinine and other formulas for the treatment and prevention of malaria, but in underdoses that did not guarantee treatment, without control of the prescription and side effects. The unhealthy environment has put most of the workers who fell ill and died of malaria at risk, unlike workers hired by the Railway. There are no records of workers' deaths in the documents searched as reported by the memorialists. The story is unfinished.