Vol. 2 • n. 3 • nov. 1995 – feb. 1996

ANALYSIS The formative years of a research scientist: Louis Pasteur LOUISE L. LAMBRICHS abstract Valencia’s cultural and scientific universe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and the contextualization of Arnaldo de Vilanova’s work ANA MARIA ALFONSO-GOLDFARB and MARIA A. PILEGGI PERASSOLLO abstract Humors and odors: body order and social order in nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro TANIA ANDRADE LIMA abstract A sixteenth century Portuguese report concerning an early Javanese world map BENJAMIN B. OLSHIN abstract The end of cognition? Science and technology studies challenge the concept of the cognising agent STEVE WOOLGAR abstract  SOURCES People’s Conferences in the neighborhood of Gloria: disseminating scientific knowledge MARIA RACHEL FROES DA FONSECA text in portuguese RESEARCH NOTE L’Etude de cas: un dialogue entre histoire sociale et biographie médicale JEAN-PIERRE GOUBERT text in french IMAGES Constructed by the jesuits, this colonial building has served as a leper colony in Rio since 1752 ÂNGELA PÔRTO E BENEDITO TADEU DE OLIVEIRA text in portuguese BOOKS, ARTICLES & NETWORKS A eugenia em cena: dois estudos sobre a questão A medicalização da raça: médicos, educadores e discurso eugênico de VERA REGINA BELTRÃO MARQUES Higiene mental e eugenia: o projeto de “regeneração nacional” da Liga Brasileira de Higiene Mental (1920-30) de JOSÉ ROBERTO FRANCO REIS • reviewed by FERNANDO DUMAS text in portuguese Projeto Bibliografia em História da Saúde Pública na América Latina e Caribe MARÍLIA MARCH text in portuguese THESES text in portuguese