Vol. 16 • Supplement 1 • July 2009

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GUEST EDITOR`S NOTE

CHAGAS´ BRAZIL: SCIENCE, HEALTH, AND SOCIETY

ANALYSIS

The discovery of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease (1908-1909): tropical medicine in Brazil
Simone Petraglia Kropf, Magali Romero Sá
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The reception by French physicians of Chagas’ discovery of Trypanosoma cruzi and American trypanosomiasis (1909-1925)
Gabriel Gachelin, Annick Opinel
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The history of Chagas’ disease in Argentina: conceptual, institutional, and political evolution
Juan Pablo Zabala
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Trypanosoma cruzi, cancer, and the Cold War
Nikolai Krementsov
text in english 

INTERVIEWS
The cardiological perspective: Francisco Laranja and research on Chagas’ disease
Interview with Francisco Laranja
Conducted by Rose Ingrid Goldschmidt, Jaime Benchimol and Marcos Chor Maio
Presentation by Wanda Hamiltontext in portuguese


IMAGES
Photography and documental value: the Carlos Chagas archive
Aline Lopes de Lacerda
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Scientific expeditions, photography, and documental intent: the Oswaldo Cruz Institute expeditions (1911-1913)
Maria Teresa Villela Bandeira de Mello, Fernando A. Pires-Alves
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DOSSIER SANITARISM AND INTERPRETATION OF BRAZIL 

ANALYSIS
Interpreting Brazil as afflicted by disease and by the spirit of routine: the repercussion of Arthur Neiva and Belisário Penna’s medical report (1917-1935)
Dominichi Miranda de Sá
text in english

Carlos Chagas and the debates and controversies surrounding the ‘disease of Brazil’ (1909-1923)
Simone Petraglia Kropf
text in english 

A Brazilian medical collection: Central Brazil in Arthur Neiva and Belisário Penna’s scientific expedition and Julio Paternostro’s voyage to Tocantins
Nísia Trindade Lima
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Arthur Neiva and the ‘national question’ in the 1910s and 1920s
Vanderlei Sebastião de Souza
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The scientific journey taken by Neiva and Penna: a blueprint for studies of diseases from the Brazilian hinterland
Joffre M. de Rezende
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In the heart of Brazil, a healthy capital – the participation of doctors and sanitarists in the construction of Brasília (1956-1960)
Tamara Rangel Vieira
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“Brazil isn’t only disease”: Juscelino Kubitschek’s public health program
Gilberto Hochman
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SOURCES 

The voice of Brazil: Miguel Pereira and his speech on the “enormous hospital”

Dominichi Miranda de Sá
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