A introdução da Escola Superior do Pará: “Escola de Pharmácia do Pará” e ensino científico (1897-1914)

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the contributions of the Escola de Pharmácia do Pará to the process of introducing science in higher education in Pará. We chose the year 1897, as the initial mark of the research, due to the creation of the Sociedade Médico-Pharmacêutica do Pará, analyzed in the first chapter as a condition for the creation of the Escola de Pharmácia do Pará. The first years of operation of the Escola de Pharmácia do Pará and coincides with changes brought about by the Rivadavia Correa Law, which reformed and gave new guidelines to higher education in Brazil. We devoted the second chapter to analyzing the social context that influenced the creation of the Escola de Pharmácia, more specifically those related to health issues, where we emphasize the dialogue between elements of modern culture, sometimes represented in policies and institutions linked to sciences, such as Diretoria do Serviço Sanitário do Pará, with elements of traditional culture, represented in the actions of shamans, healers and practitioners. Finally, in the third chapter we examined the presence of the sciences in the Escola de Pharmácia do Pará throughout its first decade of operation, ie, from 1904 to 1914, not in isolation, but as part of a process that was accentuated by the Advance of modernity. We conclude that this institution continued the teaching of science, becoming the pioneer of the introduction of scientific education at the upper level of Para. The sciences, which from the beginning predominated in the curriculum, were expanded during this decade, mainly through the number of disciplines.