Vol. 15 • n. 2 • Apr./Jun. 2008

EDITOR´S NOTE ANALYSIS Carlos Chagas Filho’s choice of biological physics: reasons and motivations Almeida, Darcy Fontoura de abstract The public perception of information about the potential risks of genetically modified crops in the food chain Furnival, Ariadne Chloë; Pinheiro, Sônia Maria abstract The role of the media in the social construction of risk: the Adrianópolis case in Ribeira valley Di Giulio, Gabriela Marques; Pereira, Newton Müller; Figueiredo, Bernardino Ribeiro de abstract Morphosemantic indexing of health-related images to improve information retrieval Pinto, Virginia Bentes abstract Government tutelage of mothers and children in Argentina: administrative structures, law, and technical staff (1936-1955) Biernat, Carolina; Ramacciotti, Karina abstract Torrent of madmen: the language of degeneration in Portuguese psychiatry at the close of the 19th century Quintais, Luís text in english The suicide of slaves in São Paulo during the last two decades of slavery Oliveira, Saulo Veiga; Oda, Ana Maria Galdini Raimundo abstract Norbert Elias and a narrative about ageing and death Agra do Ó, Alarcon abstract RESEARCH NOTES The entomology collection at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz: restoring a historical scientific collection scattered by the Manguinhos Massacre Costa, Jane; Cerri, Danielle; Romero de Sá, Magali; Lamas, Carlos José Einicker abstract Historical study of statistics: topics and sources Senra, Nelson abstract BOOKS & NETWORKS New approaches to the history of slavery Soares, Mariza de Carvalho text in portuguese DOSSIER – TRANSMISSION OF SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC LEGACY: EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA Seven studies into the transmission of science and scientific legacy between Europe and Latin America (1850-1940) Lozano, Sonia text in english Medical practice and biology as a science: introduction of paradigms, assimilation and social domestication in Mexico Ledesma-Mateos, Ismael abstract Importation and destination of the first germ theory in Mexico: development of the first researches into yellow fever in the 1880s Lozano, Sonia abstract Symbolism, solitude and modernity: science and scientists in porfirian Mexico Priego, Natalia text in english Spain’s contribution to pharmacy in 19th century Cuba de la Peña Puerta, José Manuel González; Ramos Carrillo, Antonio; Moreno Toral, Esteban abstract Scientific links between Venezuela’s veterinary medicine and its Latin American counterparts: Mexico and the Southern Cone (1933-1955) Freites, Yajaira abstract The Venezuelan sanitation authority and the incorporation of physicians exiled from the Spanish Civil War Martin-Frechilla, Juan José abstract The invisible college of Ángel Garma and the role of its collaborators in Argentine psychoanalysis Quiñones Vidal, Elena; Peñaranda Ortega, María; García Quiñones, Elena abstract