Vol. 2 • n. 1 • mar.-jun. 1995

ANALYSIS Do objects have history? A meeting between Pasteur and Whitehead in a lactic acid bath BRUNO LATOUR abstract Necessity, objectivity, and the metaphysical paradox of scientific knowledge JOSÉ RICARDO DE C. MESQUITA AYRES abstract Complexity and complex systems MARIO TARRIDE abstract Domingos José Freire and the beginnings of bacteriology in Brazil JAIME L. BENCHIMOL abstract Oxyuriasis and prehistoric migrations ADAUTO ARAÚJO and LUIZ F. FERREIRA abstract IMAGES Restoring the Moorish Pavilion SÔNIA APARECIDA NOGUEIRA text in portuguese SOURCES Sources for studies on the elites: the CPDOC archives PRISCILA FRAIZ text in portuguese A source guide to the history of medical teaching in Rio de Janeiro (1808-1907) MARIA RACHEL F. DA FONSECA text in portuguese Oral history at Casa de Oswaldo Cruz TANIA M. DIAS FERNANDES text in portuguese DEBATE New facts and some viewpoints on old age BENIGNO SOBRAL, MADEL LUZ, MÁRIO SAYEG, RENATO MAIA and RENATO VERAS text in portuguese INTERVIEW François Jacob, savant et historien de Ia science text in french BOOKS, ARTICLES & NETWORKS O dilema entre o ‘Paraíso’ e o ‘Inferno’ tropical MARCOS CHOR MAIO text in portuguese País jovem com cabelos branco: a saúde do idoso no Brasil KENNETH R. DE CAMARGO JR. text in portuguese Missionaries of sciences: the Rockfeller Foundation and Latin America JAIME LARRY BENCHIMOL text in portuguese Redes reúnem e divulgam informações específicas RUTH B. MARTINS text in portuguese RESEARCH NOTE Doação, transfusão e laços de sangue: cultura e sociedade no Brasil contemporâneo LUIZ A. DE CASTRO SANTOS text in portuguese THESES text in portuguese