Researcher Ilana Löwy follows the early history of the pap test, its consequences and controversies.

El libro de Irene D. Molinari analiza la evolución histórica de la enfermedad hasta 1970. Lea una entrevista con la autora.

EDITORS’ NOTE Silva, André Felipe Cândido da; Cueto, Marcos · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS Psychosis and schizophrenia: effects of changes in psychiatric classifications on clinical and theoretical approaches to mental illness Tenório, Fernando · abstract in English | Portuguese     · text in English | Portuguese Culture: by the...

EDITORS’ NOTE Cueto, Marcos; Silva, André Felipe Cândido da · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS Science and miscegenation in the early twentieth century: Edgard Roquette-Pinto’s debates and controversies with US physical anthropology Souza, Vanderlei Sebastião de · abstract in English | Portuguese Basic sanitation policy in Brazil:...

Patrick Zylberman analyzes the impact of war, religion and migration in global health.

El artículo sostiene que la constitución de dicho “campo psi” fue posible por la fuerza de redes de sociabilidad.

CARTA DOS EDITORES EDITORS’ NOTE Silva, André Felipe Cândido da; Cueto, Marcos · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS Pharmaceutical studies during the Second Empire in the Gaceta Médica de México Vega y Ortega, Rodrigo · abstract in English | Spanish     · text in English | Spanish International cooperation in health: the case of...

The Next issue of HCS-Manguinhos will discuss different aspects of the cooperation between these countries.

EDITOR’S NOTE Cueto, Marcos; Silva, André Felipe Cândido da · text in English | Spanish GUEST EDITOR’S NOTE: THE BIOMEDICALIZATION OF BRAZILIAN BODIES: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Löwy, Ilana; Sanabria, Emilia · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS The biomedicalisation of illegal abortion: the double life of misoprostol in...

The article discusses the development of the cesarean sections techniques in Brazil and its widespread use.