A debate over the link between Salvador Allende, Max Westenhöfer, and Rudolf Virchow

Contributions to the history of social medicine in Chile and internationally

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ID3088832
AuthorsEric D Carter (0000-0002-6766-1626, Macalester College, corresponding author), Marcelo Sánchez Delgado (0000-0002-7697-3699, University of Chile)
Year2020
Volume27
Issue3
Pages899-917
Publication date2020-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistória Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0104-59702020000400011
PMID33111795
OpenAlexW3093528977
SciELOS0104-59702020000300899
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

In the history of Latin American social medicine, numerous works have presented a harmonious link between Rudolf Virchow, Max Westenhöfer, and Salvador Allende, which establishes the origin of ideas of Latin American social medicine in a prestigious European source, represented by Virchow. A key to that story is that Allende was a student of Westenhöfer, a disciple of Virchow who lived in Chile three times (1908-1911, 1929-1932, and 1948-1957). Based on primary sources and contextual data, this article problematizes the relationship between Allende and Westenhöfer, and questions the influence of Virchow in Chilean social medicine

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