Vol. 13 • n. 4 • Oct.-Dec. 2006

EDITOR´S LETTER  ANALYSIS Samuel Pessoa: a scientific trajectory in the context of public health campaigns and developmentalism in Brazil Carlos Henrique Assunção Paiva abstract British medicine in the Peruvian Andes: the travels of Archibald Smith M.D. (1820-1870) Jorge Lossio text in english  Epigenetics and genetic determinism Hernán A. Burbano text in english  The epidemiological profile of work accidents in the Vale dos Sinos and the workers’ health surveillance system Élida Azevedo Hennington and Márcia Monteiro abstract The social sciences and physical therapy: a possible nexus Patrícia Froes Meyer, Íris do Céu Clara Costa and Vânia de Vasconcelos Gico abstract Polytechnicians or mathematicians? Circe Mary da Silva abstract Science and history in the report by the First Republic’s Comissão Exploradora do Planalto Central Moema de Rezende Vergara abstract Pajé: reconstruction and survival João Bosco Botelho and Hideraldo Lima da Costa abstract The campaign against the coffee borer in São Paulo (1924-1927) André Felipe Cândido da Silva abstract SOURCES Towards a recovery of the documental memory of sciences and agriculture: the Instituto Biológico de São Paulo’s collection Márcia Maria Rebouças abstract IMAGES Selling health! A new look at old-time pharmacy almanacs Mario Luiz Gomes abstract RESEARCH NOTE The healthcare system for slaves in nineteenth-century Brazil: disease, institutions, and treatment practices Ângela Pôrto abstract BOOKS & NETWORKS • Mameluca culture: from colonization to stigma review by Francismar Alex Lopes de Carvalho on O sertão itinerante: expedições da capitania de São Paulo no século XVIII, by Glória Kok text in portuguese • Museums, heritage, and power: reflections on the practices of memory in modernity review by Kátia Lerner on Museu, memória e esquecimento: um projeto da modernidade, by Marcos José Pinheiro text in portuguese • Following the pathways of Paulo Carneiro, a universal Brazilian review by Maria Amélia M. Dantes on Ciência, política e relações internacionais: ensaios sobre Paulo Carneiro, by Marcos Chor Maio (org.) text in portuguese • A living history for a flesh-and-blood psychiatry review by Luis Ferla on El siglo de la clínica: para una teoría de práctica psiquiátrica, by Rafael Huertas text in portuguese • Rethinking interracial unions in Brazil review by Moema de Poli on Razão, “cor” e desejo, by Laura Moutinho text in portuguese • On line meeting point: editors discuss experiences and exchange ideas text in portuguese THESES text in portuguese LETTER TO THE EDITOR