Enterramentos e varíola em Cuiabá (1860 - 1870)

Abstract

This article seeks to demonstrate how the smallpox epidemic and the burial of the dead occurred in Cuiabá, as well as the burials of those who died from smallpox in other locations. The research was carried out through bibliographical consultations, such as books, theses, monographs and articles that deal with the subject in question. The sources were consulted in the Public Archives of Mato Grosso, in the Center for Documentation and Regional Historical Information, located at the Federal University of Mato Grosso, and on websites. Among the sources used are the reports of the Presidents of the Provinces of Mato Grosso, newspaper articles and the Regulations for Public Cemeteries in the city of Cuiabá. What is presented in this article is the partial result of the history of smallpox and the burials of the dead in the capital of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, read in studies consolidated by regional historiography and with the addition of readings that deal with burials that occurred in other locations.