Isolados 'como nós' ou isolados 'entre nós'?: a polêmica na Academia Nacional de Medicina sobre o isolamento compulsório dos doentes de lepra Isolated 'like us' or isolated 'among us'?: the controversy within the National Academy of Medicine over compulsory isolation of leprosy sufferers

Da forma como a lepra era percebida na sociedade brasileira do início do século XX, a segregação dos doentes era vista como o único modo de proteger os sãos. A política praticada pela Inspetoria de Profilaxia da Lepra e das Doenças Venéreas privilegiava o isolamento em leprosários. Belisário Penna, crítico à atuação desta Inspetoria, defendia que a melhor forma de isolar os doentes seria através da criação de municípios geograficamente distantes dos centros urbanos. Em 1926, instaurou-se uma polêmica entre Penna e Eduardo Rabello, ex-chefe da Inspetoria, sobre esse tema. Essa polêmica se configurou como parte de um debate mais geral sobre a melhor forma de se controlar a lepra, e nos permite entender as mudanças ocorridas na década de 1930 acerca das políticas implementadas contra a doença.<br>Given Brazilian society's view of leprosy in the early twentieth century, patient segregation was considered the only way to protect the healthy. The policy enforced by the Inspectorship for the Prevention of Leprosy and Venereal Diseases deemed isolation in leprosaria the preferred approach. Belisário Penna criticized the work of the Inspectorship, arguing that the best way to isolate patients would be to create municipalities located a good distance from urban centers. In 1926, Penna came head to head over the subject with Eduardo Rabello, the Inspectorship's former chief. Part of a broader debate on the best way to control leprosy, this controversy sheds light on the changes to leprosy policies introduced in the 1930s

Use of conditioners in the production of Tifton 85 grass hay

The objectives of this study were to estimate the curve of dehydration, bromatological composition and occurrence of fungi in Tifton 85 grass, submitted to four methods of dehydration. The curves of dehydration were studied in a completely randomized design with a 4 × 11 factorial scheme with four drying systems (1 conditioning + 1 turn-over; 2 conditionings + 1 turn-over; no conditioning + 1 turn-over and no conditioning + 2 turn-overs) and 11 sampling times (0, 3, 15, 18, 21, 24, 39, 42, 45 and 47 hours after the cutting), with six replicates. For the bromatological composition and fungi occurrence, the experimental design was completely randomized in a 4 × 3 factorial scheme with the four drying methods of Tifton 85 grass and three periods of evaluation (before the cutting, at the time of the baling and 30 days after storage) with six replicates. It was found that after the first hour after cutting and at the end of the period of dehydration, Tifton 85 plants that were treated with conditioners showed higher levels of dry matter. Stored hay that was treated with conditioners presented higher levels of acid detergent insoluble protein. Until baling, the drying methods did not alter the crude protein content of hay; however, after storage, the hay submitted only to turn-over showed crude protein content higher (13.90%) than those submitted to conditioners (9.94%). There was an increase in the occurrence of fungi after storage, but the application of conditioners and one turn-over resulted in lower CUF/g, compared with other treatments, enhancing the effect of conditioners on accelerating the dehydration rate and obtaining better hay storage condition