Vol. 8 • n. 2 • July-Aug. 2001

ANALYSIS  Starvation, eugenics and the development of nutrition in Pernambuco according to Gilberto Freire’s, Josué de Castro’s and Nelson Chaves’ analyses FRANCISCO DE ASSIS GUEDES DE VASCONCELOS  abstract Epidemic constitution: old and new theories and practices in epidemiology DINA CZERESNIA  abstract Santa Tereza windows: a study of the psycho-social rehabilitation process at the Psychiatric Hospital in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo JACILEIDE GUIMARÃES and TOYOKO SAEKI  abstract Claude Bernard and the boundaries of experimental physiology GUSTAVO CAPONI  abstract  Physicians and potion makers at the Imperial Court: a colonial legacy MÁRCIO DE SOUSA SOARES  abstract SOURCES The development of Brazilian studies in France EDWARD A. RIEDINGER  text in english Aristides Azevedo Pacheco Leão’s photographic archive IVANITA RAQUEL B. VELLOSO and TELMA BONNIAU GITIRANA  text in portuguese BOOKS & NETWORKS A vida dos escravos no Rio de Janeiro (1808-1850)  by MARY KARASCH • reviewed by TÂNIA SALGADO PIMENTA text in portuguese Medicina, leis e moral: pensamento médico e comportamento no Brasil (1870 – 1930)  by JOSÉ LEOPOLDO FERREIRA ANTUNES • reviewed by LAURINDA ROSA MACIEL and ANNY JACKELINE TORRES SILVEIRA text in portuguese Capanema: o ministro e seu ministério organizado por by ANGELA DE CASTRO GOMES • reviewed by RONEY CYTRYNOWICZ text in portuguese THESES text in portuguese