O Destino dos corpos adoecidos na escola de aprendizes marinheiro da Paraíba entre o final do séculos XIX e primeiras décadas do XX

Abstract

The aim of this work is to analyze the fate and medical action that the Paraíba School of Apprentice Seamen imposed on the sick bodies inside it between the end of the nineteen century and the beginning of the twenty. This unit was part of a network of institutions founded in the mid-19th century and tasked with training, elementary and professionalizing the so-called poor and marginalized children of society. To this end, it was essential that it also looked after the health of its children, offering a safe and healthy environment for their development. However, their efforts did not prevent diseases from haunting the school, causing untold harm. With this in mind, we intend to identify the possible fates of the sick bodies and the most frequent illnesses among the apprentices. To this end, we methodologically adopted discourse analysis, formulated by Michel Foucault (2014), and dialog with Foucault's concept of discipline (2014), as a tool for analyzing the following sources: the Aid Books (1896-1899), the Craft Copier Book (1901-1914), the Inspection Terms Book (1927-1931) and the Contract Book (1927). It was concluded that the challenges of treating illnesses forced the school to choose different destinations for these bodies, with each decision based on so-called disciplinary criteria.