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Family in social sciences

This article explores the social role and transformations of the family over time.

Covid-19. El caso del Perú

El historiador Jorge Lossio, director del Instituto Riva Agüero, de la Universidad Católica del Peru, habla de la situación epidemiológica en el país, las respuestas estatales y sociales y la actual revaloración de la historia de la salud.

Geology and medicine in Brazil

Oscar Nerval de Gouvêa was a scientist and teacher in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, whose work spanned engineering, medicine, the social sciences, and law. This paper discusses a manuscript entitled “Table of mineral classification,” which he appended to his dissertation presented to the Faculty of Medicine in 1889.

The study of the sea in Portugal

It addresses the institutionalization of marine biology in Portugal at the beginning of the 20th century, which included the creation of scientific research institutes and public aquariums.

La histeria y la santidad

El artículo de Andrea Graus, investigadora en el Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, en Paris, explora la apropiación de la terminología psiquiátrica por parte de teólogos y párrocos franceses en el siglo XIX. Esta apropiación le sirvió al clero para demarcar la experiencia mística “auténtica” de la simulada o “desviada”.

Photography and History of Medicine

August 19th, World Photography Day. A selection of articles and blog posts on photography from the history of medicine.