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    Forças políticas e sociais que mobilizaram a fundação, implantação e consolidação da santa casa de Guaxupé-MG
    (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2018-06-28) Silva, Maria Regina Guimaraes [UNIFESP]; Sanna, Maria Cristina [UNIFESP]; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8909608124506132; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    With the objective of describing and analyzing the history of the foundation of the Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Guaxupé, which occurred at a time when coffee farming was expanding and was the great wealth in that region, this research was carried out with the intent to contribute in the understanding of how communities of economically emerging cities were organized at the beginning of the Republic and how, in these communities, questions related to health were faced. This was a documentary research, whose temporal cut begins in 1908 when the first meeting with the proposal to found the Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Guaxupé was held, until the last record in the Book of the Sick, dated December 29, 1932. Minutes, periodicals, and documents related to the foundation of the Santa Casa were used as sources. These documents were read several times, and relevant information to the achievement of this study’s objective was extracted from them. This information was articulated, narrated, and discussed with the support of the scientific literature. The Santa Casa was founded with the purpose of serving the economically disadvantaged population living with insufficient sanitary conditions, which generated a significant number of patients. Most of them were farmers and workers working on the expansion of the railway network. The action of this hospital as well as other initiatives in the field of health at the time, complied with the postulate that ‘the healthier the worker, the greater his productivity could be,’ and, consequently, would generate more profit for their employers. In this perspective, the process of transition from slavery to free labor, the arrival of immigrant workers, and the expansion of the railway network were the main factors that led to the emergence and consolidation of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Guaxupé. Hence, holders of financial capital and the Catholic Church are highlighted as the forces that directed the work in the institution from its conception.