La salud pública en Chile (1910-1950)

Documentos e imágenes de la época están disponibles en el sitio web de la Biblioteca Nacional de Chile.

Call for Papers: Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Medicine

They welcome presentations on any topic and time period and especially hope to receive submissions that speak to this year’s theme of Materiality Medica.

New project about Isaac Newton in the making in Hollywood

The movie Principia will be a historical drama inspired by the mathematician´s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia.

HCSM adopts new system for submission of articles

Click here to find how to submit an article.

Revisiting the Millennium Development Goals

Marcos Cueto analises some lessons from the experience of the MDG in the editor´s letter of HCSM’s first issue of 2015.

Health in the global context

Our first issue of 2015 features two dossiers discussing several vital topics for debate in contemporary global health.

Medical movies on the web

The project features selected and rare films from the National Library of Medicine´s audiovisual collection.

Sons of the forest

Edited by actor Viggo Mortensen, the book outlines the work of German Ethnographer Max Schmidt and includes photographs he made in Mato Grosso, Brazil and Paraguay between 1900 and 1935.

Brazilian researchers have successfully tested a vaccine for Chagas disease

Lab mice were observed after being infected with Chagas. While all animals that were not vaccinated died, 80% of those immunized survived.

Scientists discuss causes and solutions for Brazil’s water shortage

They criticized Brazilian authorities for inaction towards the water crisis and for lack of transparency. They also warned of the risk of social unrest.