The black scourge? Race and the Rockefeller Foundation’s tuberculosis commission in interwar Jamaica
2017; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz; Volume: 24; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0104-59702017000500012
ISSN1678-4758
Autores Tópico(s)Global Health and Surgery
ResumoFrom 1927 to 1942, the Rockefeller Foundation ran a tuberculosis commission in Jamaica that researched the epidemiology of the disease, examined the efficacy of a vaccine with heat-killed tubercle bacilli, and offered basic treatment to tuberculosis sufferers. Drawing upon diaries and scientific writings by the staff employed by the commission, among other sources, this article explores the role that race played in the tuberculosis commission. It assesses how race shaped the research conducted by the commission, how it informed staff interactions and staff/patient relations, and the clash and/or confluence of "imported" and local racial ideas in the commission's work.
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