Vol. 3 • n. 1 • mar.-june 1996

ANALYSIS Metaphors of immunology: war and peace ILANA LÕWY  abstract On technology RICARDO LAFETÁ NOVAES abstract “Better a donkey that bears me than a camel that bucks me… up in Ceara” MARIA MARGARET LOPES abstract The meaning of vaccine or when predicting is a duty MYRIAM BAHIA LOPES abstract Manoel Bomfim and Euclides da Cunha: dissonant voices on the horizons of progress SIMONE PETRAGLIA KROPF abstract IMAGES The photographic documentation of nineteenth century engineering projects MARIA INEZ TURAZZI text in portuguese DEBATE The production and development of vaccines in Brazill CARLOS AUGUSTO GRABOIS GADELHA, AKIRA HOMMA, ISAÍAS RAW, CARLOS ALBERTO MOREIRA FILHO, JOSÉ GOMES TEMPORÃO, JOSÉ EDUARDO BANDEIRA DE MELLO text in portuguese INTERVIEW Thales de Azevedo: last of the pioneers of brazilian physicians-turned-anthropologist passes away interview to MARCOS CHOR MAIO, presentation byJOSILDETH GOMES CONSORTE text in portuguese SOURCES Prontuários médicos: fonte para o estudo da história social da medicina e da enfermidade CLÁUDIO BERTOLLI FILHO text in portuguese BOOKS, ARTICLES & NETWORKS Salud cultura y sociedad en América Latina: nuevas perspectivas históricas, M. Cueto (ed.). ‘Syiiabus dei curso: historia social de Ia salud pública en América Latina’ ANNE-EMANUELLE BIRN e MARCOS CUETO text in spanish Oswaldo Cruz: um mito da ciência brasileira Nara Bríto • reviewed by ANGELA CASTRO COMES text in portuguese THESES text in portuguese