Abstract

GONZALEZ KORZENIEWSKI, Manuel A.. Homeopathic Discourses: Towards the Legalization of the Discipline in Buenos Aires (1933-1940). Cienc. docencia tecnol. [online]. 2009, n.38, pp.55-85. ISSN 1851-1716.

This paper takes under consideration the arguments published in the pages of the Journal Homeopatia during the debates with different actors, detractors of the homeopathy, with whom took place the discussion about the legitimacy of the discipline before the juridical recognition of the homeopathic institution in Argentina. In the first part three cases are descriptively and chronologically presented: the expulsion of a homeopath doctor from the National University of La Plata, the prohibition of homeopathic medicines and the confrontation with the Departamento de Higiene before obtaining the legal status. In the second part, the discourses used in the mentioned discussions are contrasted with their historical context and they are analyzed according to the setting in discussion of the dichotomy between the modern and the archaic concepts, and the arguments about validity and scientificity as categories of legitimacy.

Keywords : History of medicine; Homeopathy; Scientific status; Discourses; Legitimacy.

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