Abstract:In the Colonial Brazil of late 18 th century, all health-related questions were under responsibility of commissaries sent by the Crown and of Senate members of the Town Council. These sectors inspected and approved the licenses of doctors, surgeons, apothecaries, midwives and barbers. The latter ones belonged to the same segment. Such practices were made official in examining qualifications, or else, in confirming experience in diagnosis and treatment of diseases. History shows that surgeons, barbers, apotheca… Show more
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