As contribuições do Dr. Astrogildo de Azevedo: as inovações médicas e a sua trajetória política em Santa Maria

Abstract

This dissertation presents the results from the research "The contributions of Dr. Astrogildo de Azevedo: The medical innovations and his political life in Santa Maria". In this work, the trajectory of this doctor/politician is presented. The objective was to study the concepts and the projects of sanitation, hygiene, and modernization of health applied in Brazil between the nineteenth and twentieth century. This is a primordial aspect to understand Astrogildo de Azevedo’s sphere of influence, in both, his career as Santa Maria’s superintendent and his contribution to the formation of Hospital de Caridade. With this objective, bibliographic references and sources, as well as other reading sources from the civil register documentation were consulted. As a result, it was demonstrated that Astrogildo was a public figure that worried about transforming the urban landscape, engaging himself in a sanitation and urbanistic projects, that, with his knowledge, contributed to the transformation of Santa Maria’s ambience.