Published in English by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, the journal features original research throughout the fields of tropical medicine.

Among other topics, this issue analyze the successes and failures of the Chilean healthcare system under the AUGE plan in rural areas.

This online collection provides information on diseases and epidemics worldwide, and is organized around significant “episodes” of contagious disease.

The National Library of Medicine has digitized 518 English language monographs dating from 1817 to 1900 dealing with the cholera pandemics of that period.

For thousands of years artists have played a special role in the human quest to understand anatomy, health and disease. This book celebrates their art.

In its latest issue, topics include: eating disorders in Mexico, tuberculosis in the Chiapas region, malnutrition in Colombia and nuclear testing in Micronesia.

The Newberry Library offers an important collection of 400 Spanish-American manuscripts. These show a detailed picture of life in the Spanish colonies of South and Central America. The material is available in the library’s online catalog.

In the book “The Empire of Necessity: Slavery Freedom and Deception in the New World”, historian Greg Grandin tells the story of the slave ship rebellion that inspired “Benito Cereno”, a masterpiece of Herman Melville.

This collection give internet users access to high quality images from important anatomical atlases. Available work dates back from the 15th to the 20th century.

In this collection, the Natural History Museum of London gathered over 5,000 letters to and from the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.