A difusão da homeopatia argentina e o pensamento de Tomás Pablo Paschero (1904-1986)

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Tarcitano Filho, Conrado Mariano
• Orientador(a): Priven, Silvia Irene Waisse de
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em História da Ciência
• Departamento: Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: História da medicina; Homeopatia; Argentina; Século XX; Tomás Pablo Paschero
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: History of medicine; Homeopathy; Twentieth century
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::HISTORIA::HISTORIA DAS CIENCIAS
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/13283

In the second half of the 20th century, conventional medicine became the target of strong criticism due its focus on disease with the consequent dehumanization of the doctor-patient relationship, among other reasons. Such criticism also made room for a variety of so-called alternative approaches in the medical marketplace, including homeopathy. Nevertheless, the brand of homeopathy that came to the foreground starting in the 1970s was not the traditional one, but a variety resulting from the elaboration of the ideas of American homeopath James T. Kent (1849-1916) by an Argentinian physician, to wit, Tomás Pablo Paschero (1904-1986). Paschero s homeopathic views are quite complex, and include a multiplicity of different components. For that reason, the aim of the present study was to identify the sources that grounded Paschero s work, and to analyze the particular use he made of them in the construction of his particular theoretical and practical approach to homeopathy, which he assimilated to an anthropological medicine . As neither Paschero nor the contemporary Argentinian homeopaths wrote any substantial work, the present study is based on thorough archival work, as well as on the resources afforded by oral history, including interviews with Paschero s colleagues and disciples. In parallel, the present study sought to circumscribe the particular context within which Paschero developed his ideas, relative to both to his place in the history of homeopathy, and the overall socio-historical and historical-scientific circumstances