activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, about Otto Wucherer. How about knowing his story? So, read the text carefully! Then, answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Otto Edward Henry Wucherer was born in Porto, Portugal, on July 7, 1820. The son of a German father and a Brazilian mother, he spent six to seven years living in Bahia, where his father was the manager of a trading house. Then he went to Germany, graduating in medicine from the University of Tübingen. He returned to Brazil in 1843, settling in Salvador.
Considered the founder of Brazilian helminthology, he was the first to use the microscope in Brazil, in the diagnosis and scientific research of diseases coming from Africa. With the English physician John Paterson, who also lived in Bahia, he identified yellow fever, absent from the country since 1686, and reintroduced by an American ship. They were also diagnosed with cholera in 1855.
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Along with Paterson and the Portuguese physician Silva Lima, he decided to study medicine not from European books, but from the patients themselves. In this way, the three formed the Escola Tropicalista Baiana, which investigated several common diseases in the country.
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He also researched the pathological anatomy of the disease commonly known as “ainhum”.
He died in Salvador, on May 7, 1873, a victim of cerebral apoplexy.
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Question 1 – The text above is:
( ) a biography.
( ) an interview.
( ) a report.
Question 2 – In the passage “Son of a German father and a Brazilian mother, he spent six to seven years living in Bahia […]”, the text refers to:
( ) Silva Lima.
( ) John Paterson.
( ) Otto Wucherer.
Question 3 – Watch:
“Then he went to Germany, studying Medicine at the University of Tübingen.”
This snippet is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 4 – In the phrase “Returned to Brazil in 1843, settling in Salvador.”, the underlined expression indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 5 – In the segment “[…] he was the first to use the microscope in Brazil, in the diagnosis and scientific research of diseases coming from Africa.”, the word “e” indicates:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) facts that alternate.
( ) contrasting facts.
Question 6 – According to the text, Wucherer and Paterson diagnosed a disease that had been absent from Brazil “since 1686 and was reintroduced by an American ship”. Which disease?
( ) cholera.
( ) yellow fever.
( ) cerebral apoplexy.
Question 7 – In the fragment “[…] decided to study medicine not in European books, but in the patients themselves.”, the highlighted part expresses:
( ) a caveat.
( ) a conclusion.
( ) a comparison.
Question 8 – In “[…] known disease commonly like ‘ainhum’.”, the underlined term means:
( ) "in the past".
( ) “popularly”.
( ) "wrong".
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
