Vol. 13 • n. 4 • Oct.-Dec. 2006

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EDITOR´S LETTER 

ANALYSIS
Samuel Pessoa: a scientific trajectory in the context of public health campaigns and developmentalism in Brazil
Carlos Henrique Assunção Paiva
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British medicine in the Peruvian Andes: the travels of Archibald Smith M.D. (1820-1870)
Jorge Lossio
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Epigenetics and genetic determinism
Hernán A. Burbano
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The epidemiological profile of work accidents in the Vale dos Sinos and the workers’ health surveillance system
Élida Azevedo Hennington and Márcia Monteiro
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The social sciences and physical therapy: a possible nexus
Patrícia Froes Meyer, Íris do Céu Clara Costa and Vânia de Vasconcelos Gico
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Polytechnicians or mathematicians?
Circe Mary da Silva
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Science and history in the report by the First Republic’s Comissão Exploradora do Planalto Central
Moema de Rezende Vergara
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Pajé: reconstruction and survival
João Bosco Botelho and Hideraldo Lima da Costa
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The campaign against the coffee borer in São Paulo (1924-1927)
André Felipe Cândido da Silva
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SOURCES
Towards a recovery of the documental memory of sciences and agriculture: the Instituto Biológico de São Paulo’s collection
Márcia Maria Rebouças
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IMAGES
Selling health! A new look at old-time pharmacy almanacs
Mario Luiz Gomes
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RESEARCH NOTE
The healthcare system for slaves in nineteenth-century Brazil: disease, institutions, and treatment practices
Ângela Pôrto
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BOOKS & NETWORKS
• Mameluca culture: from colonization to stigma
review by Francismar Alex Lopes de Carvalho on O sertão itinerante: expedições da capitania de São Paulo no século XVIII, by Glória Kok
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• Museums, heritage, and power: reflections on the practices of memory in modernity
review by Kátia Lerner on Museu, memória e esquecimento: um projeto da modernidade,
by Marcos José Pinheiro
text in portuguese

• Following the pathways of Paulo Carneiro, a universal Brazilian
review by Maria Amélia M. Dantes on Ciência, política e relações internacionais: ensaios sobre Paulo Carneiro, by Marcos Chor Maio (org.)
text in portuguese

• A living history for a flesh-and-blood psychiatry
review by Luis Ferla on El siglo de la clínica: para una teoría de práctica psiquiátrica,
by Rafael Huertas
text in portuguese

• Rethinking interracial unions in Brazil
review by Moema de Poli on Razão, “cor” e desejo, by Laura Moutinho
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• On line meeting point: editors discuss experiences and exchange ideas
text in portuguese

THESES
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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