Vol. 16 • Supplement 1 • July 2009

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 text in english The reception by French physicians of Chagas’ discovery of Trypanosoma cruzi and American trypanosomiasis (1909-1925) Gabriel Gachelin, Annick Opinel text in english The history of Chagas’ disease in Argentina: conceptual, institutional, and political evolution Juan Pablo Zabala abstract 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 abstract  Scientific expeditions, photography, and documental intent: the Oswaldo Cruz Institute expeditions (1911-1913) Maria Teresa Villela Bandeira de Mello, Fernando A. Pires-Alves abstract 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 abstract Arthur Neiva and the ‘national question’ in the 1910s and 1920s Vanderlei Sebastião de Souza abstract The scientific journey taken by Neiva and Penna: a blueprint for studies of diseases from the Brazilian hinterland Joffre M. de Rezende text in english In the heart of Brazil, a healthy capital – the participation of doctors and sanitarists in the construction of Brasília (1956-1960) Tamara Rangel Vieira text in english “Brazil isn’t only disease”: Juscelino Kubitschek’s public health program Gilberto Hochman abstract SOURCES  The voice of Brazil: Miguel Pereira and his speech on the “enormous hospital” Dominichi Miranda de Sá abstract