These fellowships will be for research in history of medicine and in medical humanities using the collections of leading North-American institutions.

This new work offers a number of case studies from different areas of the world and across periods in time which shed light on some of the many motivations and innovations in the field of mental health.

En un período de mucha confrontación ideológica, la interacción de factores políticos, religiosos y filosóficos condicionaron la recepción de las ideas darwinistas en el país.

En el día mundial contra la polio preparamos una compilación de textos sobre el tema, una herramienta muy útil para investigadores.

Una reseña de Marcos Cueto, editor científico de HCS-Manguinhos.

An interview with Dr. Michael Knipper, of the University of Giessen, about Germany’s recent elections and immigration policies.

A review on the history of thalidomide and its consequences for the victims in Brazil.

The editor’s letter of our latest issue (July/Sept. 2017) highlights the strong impact of the “global turn” on the history of science.

In this present issue we begin a new section: historiographical reviews.