From the Students Theses to the Professor’s Manual: The Oscar Freire Institute and the Formalization of Legal Medicine in São Paulo (1919-1938)

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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902025220360pt

Keywords:

History of Legal Medicine, Doctoral Theses, History of Medical Sciences

Abstract

This text analyzes the production of doctoral theses associated with the Legal Medicine chair at São Paulo Medical School and demonstrates the connection of these texts with the process of technical and social formalization of legal medicine in São Paulo, between 1919 and 1938. In this context, it is argued that the inaugural theses contributed to the development of medical expertise applied to the defense of the legal order in São Paulo and culminated in establishing the parameters and purposes of the discipline through the local Medical School, summarized in the manual “Legal Medicine”, by Professor Flamínio Fávero in 1938.

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Author Biographies

  • João Denardi Machado, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

    Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo,
    SP, Brasil.

  • André Mota, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

    Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo,
    SP, Brasil.

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— Updated on 2025-07-07

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Vol. 34 No. 2 (2025)

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Original research articles

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Machado, J. D., & Mota, A. (2025). From the Students Theses to the Professor’s Manual: The Oscar Freire Institute and the Formalization of Legal Medicine in São Paulo (1919-1938). Saúde E Sociedade, 34(2), e220360pt. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902025220360pt