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A saúde pública entre a Medicina e a Política: as propostas de Ribeiro Sanches no Portugal das Luzes

2016; UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO; Volume: 15; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.12957/intellectus.2016.22262

1676-7640

Julie Hamacher Liepkaln,

Historical and Scientific Studies

Based on the analysis of the Portuguese physician Antônio Nunes Ribeiro Sanches’ intellectual production, this article seeks to investigate how his reformist proposals for the Portuguese population health preservation were appropriate and engendered public health policies, many of them implemented by the Intendência Geral da Polícia. For this purpose, it is necessary to inquire into the Enlightenment movement in eighteenth century’s second half - context of Sanches’ works - paying attention to the debates about the potential uses of scientific knowledge. Therefore we aim to understand how public health conjugated scientific issues - the consolidation of medical knowledge as a science - and political issues – the strengthening of Portuguese monarchy’s power.