Academia Nacional de Medicina

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The Academia Nacional de Medicina (ANM) (German: "National Academy of Medicine") is a Brazilian learned society based in Rio de Janeiro . It was founded in 1829 as Sociedade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro , was renamed “Academia Imperial de Medicina” in 1835 and was given its current name in 1889, the year the Republic was proclaimed . Its first president was Joaquim Cândido Soares de Meirelles . Its current President (2011–2013) is Marcos Fernando de Oliveira Moraes .

The academy has a small medical history museum, a library and an archive attached.

Publications (selection)

literature

  • Alfredo Nascimento: O centenario da Academia Nacional de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro, 1829–1929: primordios e evolução da medicina no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional , 1929
  • Odaci Luiz Coradini: A formação da elite médica, a Academia Nacional de Medicina ea França como centro de importação. In: Estudos históricos , Rio de Janeiro, Volume 35, 2005, pp. 3–23.
  • Vivian da Silva Cunha: Isolados 'como nós' ou isolados 'entre nós'? : a polémica na Academia Nacional de Medicina sobre o isolamento compulsorio dos doentes de lepra. In: Historia, ciencias, saúde: manguinhos , Rio de Janeiro, Volume 17, No. 4, 2010, pp. 939-955.

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Coordinates: 22 ° 54 ′ 25 ″  S , 43 ° 10 ′ 7 ″  W.