1948
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761948000100005
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O puru-puru da Amazônia (Pinta, Carate, Mal del Pinto etc)

Abstract: 1) "Purú-purú" é uma palavra indígena que quer dizer "pintado" ou "manchado", peculiar à Amazonia Brasileira. Com êsse nome é designada uma dermatose referida entre os selvicolas desde 1774, por Ribeiro Sampaio. Certas tribus, com alta incidência da moléstia passaram a ser cahamadas também "Purú-purús", o mesmo acontecendo com o rio onde habitavam - Rio Purús. 2) A doença existe na bacia do Rio Solimões e seus principais afluentes: Javari, Juruá, Purús, Içá, Japurá, e Negro. Por esses rios, o fóco da dermatose… Show more

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“…This skin disease was so geographically localized that it served as an ethnic marker and was intentionally transmitted through tattooing (Biocca 1945;Guimares and Rodrigues 1948). It was formerly restricted to relatively isolated communities in lowland Central and South America.…”
Section: Pintamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This skin disease was so geographically localized that it served as an ethnic marker and was intentionally transmitted through tattooing (Biocca 1945;Guimares and Rodrigues 1948). It was formerly restricted to relatively isolated communities in lowland Central and South America.…”
Section: Pintamentioning
confidence: 99%