The leprosy in medical perspective: Antônio Justa and the medical knowledge about the leprosy in Ceará (1930)

Abstract

Antônio Justa was a doctor of Ceará who was involved in the fight against leprosy in Ceará through their speeches and medical practices. With the founding of the first leprosarium of the State, Justa began to perform medical care to patients of the institution and Fortaleza. From that moment, the doctor began writing in Ceará press, especially the disease from a medical point of view. In 1930, the doctor published his first series of articles with the intention of clarifying some points on the medical condition, because he was surprised by the lack of knowledge about it. In this way, Justa went on to produce a medical knowledge about leprosy and this first series of articles is important to know the basis it was approached by Antônio Justa until his death.