História da parturição no Brasil, século XIX

Abstract

This research aimed at recovering the peculiarities of the development of Obstetrical Art in Brazil during XIX century, starting in 1808, when a legal act signed by D. Joao VI included this discipline in the initial curriculum of the schools of medicine and surgery founded in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. Research was undertaken through the review of 83 medical theses in the field of Obstetrics, produced in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro in XIX century. The data showed that Obstetrical Art was traditionally performed by…