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Las cartas de los locos que se quedaron guardadas en el manicomio

Un grupo de psiquiatras reúne en un libro las misivas conservadas en el archivo de la Casa de Dementes de Santa Isabel de Leganés.

Railroads and tropical medicine in Brazil

This paper by Jaime Benchimol and André Felipe Cândido da Silva, our former and current science editors, shows how railways supported the development of tropical medicine in the First Republic.

The medical-scientific project of Nise da Silveira

When electroshock and insulin therapies were still the norm, she was a singular voice advocating for a kinder approach to mental health.

The III Luso-Brazilian Meeting on the History of Tropical Medicine + XXIII Brazilian Congress on the History of Medicine

The event will discuss the history of diseases, particularly those characterized as “tropical” or “neglected,” and the history of the institutions and health policies.

El cine y la difusión sanitaria

Este libro aborda los instrumentos de difusión sanitaria para impulsar la educación higiénica y de esta forma evitar el contagio de enfermedades.

Looking ahead to 2019: 25 years of HCSM

Our journal will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2019. In the editor’s note of our current issue, science editors André Felipe Cândido da Silva and Marcos Cueto reflected on the progress made so far and the hurdles still to be overcome.