Vol. 16 • n.4 • October-December 2009

EDITOR`S NOTE ANALYSIS Luso-Brazilian enlightenment and the circulation of Caribbean slavery-related knowledge: the establishment of the Brazilian coffee culture from a comparative perspective Rafael de Bivar Marquese text in english A Portuguese manor in rural Brazil or The saga of the enlightened Dom Frei Cipriano and the garden of the former episcopal palace in the late eighteenth century Moacir Rodrigo de Castro Maia text in english The sociology of statistics: the possibilities of a new field of investigation Alexandre de Paiva Rio Camargo text in english History and biology: possible dialogues, necessary distances Regina Horta Duarte abstract Eliot Freidson: progression and constraints in the biography of an intellectual André Pereira Neto text in english Climate, brain, and degeneration in Cabanis Sandra Caponi abstract Folklore and popular medicine in the Amazon Márcio Couto Henrique abstract Dental education in Brazil: the production of knowledge during 1995-2006 Elisete Casotti, Victoria Maria Brant Ribeiro, Mônica Villela Gouvêa abstract Dental teaching in Brazil: an interpretation based on recommendations and international meetings from the 1960s Maria Goretti Queiroz, Luiz Fernandes Dourado abstract Teaching, research, and health care: a case study Francisco Strauss, Jacqueline Leta abstract INTERVIEW A view of the Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva Themis Xavier de Albuquerque Pinheiro abstract Scientists in action: more time and research essential for uncovering the A (H1N1) virus Interview with Marilda Mendonça Siqueira given to Roberta Cardoso Cerqueira and Ruth B. Martins text in portuguese DEBATE The flu far and near: comparing the 1918 and 2009 pandemics Adriana Alvarez, Adrián Carbonetti, Ana María Carrillo, Claudio Bertolli Filho, Christiane Maria Cruz de Souza, Liane Maria Bertucci, Nara Azevedo text in english BOOKS & NETWORKS The gender of transvestites: the body and sexuality in Brazilian culture • review by Mirian Goldenberg, on Travesti:prostituição, sexo, gênero e cultura no Brasil, by Dom Kulick text in portuguese Ways of suffering, feeling pleasure, and constructing (oneself): on the psychodynamics of work and its subject • review by Cristiana Facchinetti, on Christophe Dejours: da psicopatologia à psicodinâmica do trabalho,by Selma Lancman and Laerte Idal Sznelwar text in portuguese Health from a State perspective under Vargas • review by Karina Inés Ramacciotti, on Saúde no governo Vargas (1930-1945): dualidade institucional de um bem público, by Cristina M. Oliveira Fonseca text in spanish The sociology of health and of disease: new challenges • review by Everardo Duarte Nunes on “Towards a sociology of disease”,by Stefan Timmermans and Steven Haas, and “Mapping the field of medical sociology: a comparative analysis of journals”, by Clive Seale text in portuguese Educating the general public about biological evolution • review by Verlan Valle Gaspar Neto on Evolução: o sentido da biologia, by Diogo Meyer and Charbel Niño El-Hani text in portuguese Protagonists, knowledge, and practices in the history of birth and maternity in Chile • review by Ana Paula Vosne Martins on Dar a luz en Chile, siglo XIX: de la ‘ciencia  de la hembra’ a la ciencia obstétrica, by María Soledad Zárate text in portuguese