Climate and human body hygienization in Medellín at the beginning of the 20th century
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.2959Abstract
The hygienization of the environment and the body summarizes the idea that hygiene was a medical practice that encouraged human environmentalism. The purpose of this environmentalism was to protect the health of individuals giving them the possibility to use preventive and prophylactic means. These two practices allowed the possibility to give close attention to the environment and the objects susceptible to germs. This reality, methodologically, is part of the history of the medical practices that were used in Medellín at the end of the 19 th and during the 20 century to medicalize some urban spaces and some body habits in relation with hygieneKey words: hygiene, medical practices, climate, race, Medellín, living conditions, quality of life, vulnerability
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