Vol. 15 • n. 4 • Oct./Dec. 2008

GUEST EDITOR`S NOTE ANALYSIS Assisted birth in 19th century Bahia Maria Renilda Nery Barreto text in english Women, the press, and hygiene: the medicalization of birth in Bahia (1910-1927) Marivaldo Cruz do Amaral abstract The Spanish Flu epidemic: a challenge to Bahian medicine Christiane Maria Cruz de Souza text in english Joanna de Sá: medicine, politics and morality in the pages of O Monitor Vera Nathália Silva de Tarso abstract “The ‘asylum’, an undeniable need in social organization”: questions about the commitment questionnaire at the São João de Deus Asylum Venetia Durando Braga Rios abstract Pharmaceutical practice in Bahia in the latter half of the 19th century Tânia Salgado Pimenta and Ediná Alves Costa abstract Antônio Moniz de Souza, the ‘man of Brazilian nature’: science and medicinal plants in the early 19th century Laura Carvalho dos Santos abstract Control of health risks in radiodiagnosis: a historic approach Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Navarro, Handerson Jorge Dourado Leite, Josemir da Cruz Alexandrino and Ediná Alves Costa  text in english The Instituto de Matemárica e Física at the Universidade da Bahia: mathematical activities (1960-1968) André Luís Mattedi Dias abstract Juliano Moreira and the Gazeta Medica da Bahia Ronaldo Ribeiro Jacobina and Ester Aida Gelman text in english  SOURCES ‘Our mulattos are more exuberant’ Mariza Corrêa text in english Métissage, dégénérescence et crime Nina Rodrigues text in french Race crossing, degenaration, and crime Nina Rodrigues text in portuguese Sources of interest to the history and culture of health: Arquivo Histórico Municipal de Salvador Maria Teresa Navarro de Britto Matos and Adriana Sousa Silva abstract RESEARCH NOTES Scientific activities under the Portuguese Empire: a study of the works of Manuel Ferreira da Câmara, ‘metalworker by profession’ – 1783-1820 Alex Gonçalves Varela abstract BOOKS AND NETWORKS Political readings of slavery in Portuguese America • review by Anderson José Machado de Oliveira on Fragmentos setecentistas: escravidão, cultura e poder na América portuguesa, by Silvia Hunold Lara text in portuguese Cultural life in Recife • review by Lucia Lippi Oliveira on O movimento e a linha: presença do Teatro do Estudante e do Gráfico Amador no Recife (1946-1964), by Flávio Weinstein Teixeira text in portuguese