Abstract

RIVERA TERRAZAS, José Israel. Arrival of “Compound 606” in Mexico City and Construction of the Enunciative Scene in the Press Discourse. Bibliographica [online]. 2023, vol.6, n.1, pp.221-254.  Epub Nov 25, 2024. ISSN 2594-178X.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iib.2594178xe.2023.1.280.

Compound 606, or Salvarsan, developed by the German physician Paul Ehrlich at the beginning of the 20th century, represented a hope to end the syphilis epidemic that plagued the world at the time. For this reason, its arrival in Mexico sparked great expectations in the national press, which covered with particular interest its first applications on patients, as well as the debates that arose among the physicians who were for or against the drug. Based on these events, this article analyzes the enunciative scenes and discursive representation of patients, syphilis, and Salvarsan in the light of the texts published by several newspapers in Mexico City from 1908 to 1912, after the arrival of “Ehrlich’s great formula”.

Keywords : Syphilis; Salvarsan; Mexican press; specialized journalism; discourse.

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