Vol. 14 • n. 4 • Oct.-Dec. 2007

EDITOR´S NOTE ANALYSIS Struggling to a monumental triumph: re-assessing the final phases of the smallpox eradication program in India, 1960-1980 Sanjoy Bhattacharya text in english Joining pleasure and work in the making science: the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro –1808 to 1860 Begonha Bediaga text in english The city of Santos and the expansion of Brazilian public health services in homeopathy Célia Maria Patriani Justo and Mara H. de Andréa Gomes abstract Ilha Grande Lazaretto: isolation, imprisonment, and surveillance in the fields of health care and politics (1884-1942) Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos abstract Sociocultural transformations in hospital food Andresa Michele Godoy, Doraci Alves Lopes and Rosa Wanda Diez Garcia abstract The office of doctor Edelvito Campelo D’Araújo: Pedra Grande Penitentiary as a space for building knowledge (1933-1945) Fernanda Rebelo and Sandra Caponi abstract The persistence of the theory of indigenous degeneration and colonialism within the theoretical foundations of Brazilian archeology Francisco Silva Noelli and Lúcio Menezes Ferreira abstract Cândido de Mello Leitão: the biological sciences and the valorization of nature and diversity of life José Luiz de Andrade Franco and José Augusto Drummond abstract Casa Siloé: the history of an NGO for children with HIV/AIDS Maria de Fatima de Oliveira Andrade, Maria Cezira Fantini Nogueira Martins and Cláudia Maria Bógus  abstract Health education: sickness as a subject in science classes Silmara Sartoreto Oliveira, Lariza Borges Guerreiro and Patrícia Mendes Bonfim abstract Curriculum reform and research in dentistry at the undergraduate level: history under construction Luciana Ávila Maltagliati and Paulete Goldenberg  abstract A tribute to Manoel da Gama Lobo (1835-1883), pioneer in the epidemiology of vitamin A deficiency in Brazil Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos and Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos abstract A challenge to Peronism`s social justice: hydatidosis in the province of Buenos Aires, 1946-1952 Adriana Valobra abstract IMAGES The physical and health status of runaway slaves announced in Jornal do Commercio (RJ) in 1850 Márcia Amantino abstract SOURCES War and oranges: a radiophonic lecture on the nutritional value of Brazilian fruits (1940) Jaime Rodrigues and Maria da Penha Costa Vasconcellos abstract BOOKS & NETWORKS On the de-institutionalization of psychiatry: history and perspectives • review by Ana Teresa A. Venâncio on Psiquiatria institucional: do hospício à reforma psiquiátrica, by Maurício Lougon text in portuguese Genetics and its challenges in contemporary Brazil • review by Cristiano Guedes on Admirável nova genética: bioética e sociedade, by Debora Diniz (Org.) text in portuguese From Roosevelt, but from Getúlio as well: the Serviço Especial de Saúde Pública • review by Jorge Ferreira on Políticas internacionais de saúde na era Vargas: o Serviço Especial de Saúde Pública, 1942-1960, by André Luiz Vieira de Campos text in portuguese Cooperation between Brazil and the US in the health field: the Serviço Especial de Saúde Pública and the Vargas administration’s sanitary policy • review by Regina Érika Domingos de Figueiredo on Políticas internacionais de saúde na era Vargas: o Serviço Especial de Saúde Pública, 1942-1960, by André Luiz vieira Campos text in portuguese THESES Family Health Program: assessment of child-maternal health care and representations of women’s health in the municipality of Teixeiras, Minas Gerais Glauce Dias Costa text in portuguese A clearing in the sertão? Health, nation, and region in the construction of Brasilia (1956-1960) Tamara Rangel text in portuguese Secret remedies, heroic drugs, and patent medicine: a history of drug regulation in Antioquia, 1900-1940 Víctor Manuel García text in portuguese