The books of the dead revisited: Mortality and morbidity in the german colonies of Southern Brazil, 1850-1880

João Biehl; Miquéias Henrique Mugge; Ana Maria Goldani

doi:10.1590/S0104-59702018000500019

The books of the dead revisited: Mortality and morbidity in the german colonies of Southern Brazil, 1850-1880

João Biehl, Miquéias Henrique Mugge, Ana Maria Goldani

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Examines mortality and morbidity in São Leopoldo/RS (1850-1880). Our interdisciplinary study is based on the Gemeindebücher (parish registers) produced by Lutheran communities. These “community books” reveal high rates of fertility and premature death. Infant mortality and maternal death assailed everyday life. Over half of all deaths were of infants and children. Of ten funerals, seven were for children and adults of reproductive and military age. This article contributes to debates over environmental, social and political determinants of mortality and people’s arts of living and healing in proto-statistical Brazil.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1197-1217
Number of pages	21
Journal	Historia, Ciencias, Saude - Manguinhos
Volume	25
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702018000500019
State	Published - 2018

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History and Philosophy of Science

Keywords

German immigration
Infant mortality and maternal death
Lutheran parish registers
Mucker War
Proto-statistical Brazil

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