Vol. 4 • n. 1 • Mar.-June 1997

ANALYSIS La dansarina: the influenza epidemic and the quotidian report of Rio de Janeiro city Nara Azevedo de Brito abstract Causality and epidemiology Rita Barradas Barata abstract An island of scientific competence: a history of Brazil’s Institute of Agricultural Chemistry in the memory of its scientists Lina Rodrigues de Faria abstract From contagion to transmission: a change in how epidemics are perceived Dina Czeresnia abstract Technoscientific nihilism, moral holism, and V R. Potter ‘global bioethics’ Fermin Roland Schramm abstract DEBATE Cloning: creator and creatures headed towards possible worlds 1º debate: Susana Schild, Luiz Alberto de Oliveira, LuIs David Castiel, Paulo Vaz, Waldemar Zusman 2º debate: Paulo Affonso Leme Machado, Marli de Albuquerque, Win Degrave, Orlando Ferreira Junior, Marcos Segre, Leila M. Oda text in portuguese SOURCES On board the Republic: a personal diary of the Oswaldo Cruz expedition to Brazil’s maritime and river ports Ana Luce Girão Soares de Lima text in portuguese IMAGES The visible face of Aids Dilene Raimundo do Nascimento text in portuguese BOOKS & NETWORKS Salud, cultura y sociedad en América Latina: nuevas perspectivas históricas by Marcos Cueto (org.) •reviewed by Luiz Antônio de Castro Santos text in portuguese Picturing health and illness: images of identity and difference by Sander L. Gilman • reviewed by Francisco Inácio Bastos text in portuguese Do contágio à transmissão: ciência e cultura na gênese do conhecimento epidemiológico byDina Czeresnia • reviewed by Kenneth R. de Camargo Jr. text in portuguese THESES text in portuguese