Vol. 14 • supplement • Dec. 2007 – The Amazon: health, environment and culture

EDITOR´S NOTE ANALYSIS Brazilian scientists visit the Amazon: the scientific journeys of Oswaldo Cruz and Carlos Chagas (1910-13) Júlio César Schweickardt and Nísia Trindade Lima abstract Nature and civilization: the decorative panels of the Teatro Amazonas foyer Ana Maria Lima Daou abstract Sexuality and civilization in the tropics: gender, medicine, and morality in the Manaus press (1895-1915) Fabiane Vinente dos Santos abstract Nature, colonization, and utopia in the works of João Daniel Kelerson Semerene Costa abstract The people of the black waters: the Amazon caboclo of the Negro river Fernando Sergio Dumas dos Santos abstract Memories of cholera in Pará (1855 and 1991): tragedies repeat themselves? Jane Felipe Beltrão abstract Development, science, and politics: the debate surrounding creation of the Instituto Internacional da Hiléia Amazônica Rodrigo Cesar da Silva Magalhães and Marcos Chor Maio abstract Cosmology, environment, and health: Baniwa food myths and rites Luiza Garnelo text in english SOURCES Bahsariwii – House of Dances Gabriel Gentil. Introduction by Ana Carla Bruno text in portuguese The Amazon Sanitation Plan (1940-1942) Rômulo de Paula Andrade and Gilberto Hochman abstract ESSAY Animals and the primitive: the Others of our culture Benedito Nunes. Introduction by Jaime L. Benchimol text in portuguese INTERVIEW Marcus Barros talks about the environment and tropical diseases in the Amazon Interviewed by Stella Oswaldo Cruz Penido. Introduction by Ruth B. Martins text in portuguese DOSSIER BANIWA Koame wemakaa pandza kome watapetaaka kaawa (Baniwa, a story of plants and cures): the pathways to a script  Stella Oswaldo Cruz Penido text in portuguese Plants that cure and ‘qualities of being’: on ontology and Amerindian otherness • review by Marco Antonio Gonçalves on the documentary film Baniwa, uma história de plantas e curas text in portuguese The world and sustainable indigenous knowledge • commentary by André Fernando text in portuguese