Figure.
José Martins da Cruz Jobim and a summary of his professional career (Figure reproduced from the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, former
Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro).
José Martins da Cruz Jobim (Rio Pardo - RS, 1802, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 1878) graduated in Medicine at Faculté de Médecine de Paris (1828). His doctoral thesis was “Dissertation sur le vaccin”22. Jobim, José Martins da Cruz. Dicionário Histórico-Biográfico das Ciências da Saúde no Brasil (1832-1930). Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz. Available at: http://www.dichistoriasaude.coc.fiocruz.br
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,66. Santos Filho LC. História Geral da Medicina Brasileira. São Paulo: Edusp/Hucitec; 1991.. He was strongly influenced by the doctrine of François Broussais (1772–1838) based on the idea that disease is above all caused by irritation of organs and viscera, and treatment should be aimed at controlling inflammation through bloodletting and diets22. Jobim, José Martins da Cruz. Dicionário Histórico-Biográfico das Ciências da Saúde no Brasil (1832-1930). Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz. Available at: http://www.dichistoriasaude.coc.fiocruz.br
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,66. Santos Filho LC. História Geral da Medicina Brasileira. São Paulo: Edusp/Hucitec; 1991.. On returning to Brazil, he was appointed physician of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro. There he headed one of its wards and was the chief of the Mental Ill Service22. Jobim, José Martins da Cruz. Dicionário Histórico-Biográfico das Ciências da Saúde no Brasil (1832-1930). Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz. Available at: http://www.dichistoriasaude.coc.fiocruz.br
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,66. Santos Filho LC. História Geral da Medicina Brasileira. São Paulo: Edusp/Hucitec; 1991.. Later, he was appointed as the first physician at Dom Pedro II Hospice's and, additionally, he was Imperial Chamber physician (1840)22. Jobim, José Martins da Cruz. Dicionário Histórico-Biográfico das Ciências da Saúde no Brasil (1832-1930). Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz. Available at: http://www.dichistoriasaude.coc.fiocruz.br
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,66. Santos Filho LC. História Geral da Medicina Brasileira. São Paulo: Edusp/Hucitec; 1991.. He participated in the founding of the Sociedade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro (SMRJ) (1829), later renamed Academia Imperial de Medicina (1835), and, finally, Academia Nacional de Medicina (1889). He took part of several of its committees and, in 1830, he was in charge of the Committee of Hygiene, to evaluate sanitary conditions in prisons, hospitals, hospices and houses of the exposed (dedicated for care of abandoned children)22. Jobim, José Martins da Cruz. Dicionário Histórico-Biográfico das Ciências da Saúde no Brasil (1832-1930). Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz. Available at: http://www.dichistoriasaude.coc.fiocruz.br
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,66. Santos Filho LC. História Geral da Medicina Brasileira. São Paulo: Edusp/Hucitec; 1991.. On June 30, 1835, Jobim made the “Discourse on the diseases that most afflict the poor class of RJ” at the SMRJ55. Fernandes R. O Conselheiro Jobim e o Espírito da Medicina de Seu Tempo. Brasília: Editora do Senado Federal; 1982.. In the Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro, he was the Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Professor (1833–1854) and later, Director (1842–1872). His political interest led him to occupy elective positions (General Deputy in Rio Grande do Sul [1849–1851], and Senator in Espirito Santo [1851–1878]), on several mandates. On such periods he stayed away from the effective direction of the Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro.