Vol. 4 • n. 3 • Nov. 1997 – Feb. 1998

ANALYSIS The dawning of a new science Pedro Motta de Barros abstract Constructing the legitimacy of a health-care profession Marta V. Schapira abstract The Rio de Janeiro Medical and Surgical Society: the genesis of an alternative institutional network Luiz Otávio Ferreira, Marcos Chor Maio and Nara Azevedo abstract Technical work in health-care R&D laboratories: a case study Márcia de Oliveira Teixeira, Tânia C. M. Nunes and José Manuel C. de Mello  abstract Violence and health care as an interdisciplinary field and an arena for collective action Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo and Edinilsa Ramos de Souza abstract IMAGES Emblems of time: images in the Rio de Janeiro press from the turn of the 20th century Ana Maria Mauad text in portuguese DEBATE Equality and difference Benilton Bezerra Jr., Muniz Sodré, Neuma Aguiar, Nilson do Rosário Costa , Sabado Girardi, Jeni Vaitsman (coord.) text in portuguese BOOKS & NETWORKS A majestade do Xingu by Moacyr Scliar • reviewed by Marcus Vinicius de Freitas text in portuguese A vida de laboratório: a construção dos fatos científicos by Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar • reviewed by Simone Petraglia Krop and Luiz Otávio Ferreira text in portuguese Cidade febril: cortiços e epidemias na corte imperial de Sidney Chalhoub e Salud, cultura y sociedade en America Latina: nuevas perspectivas historicas by Marcos Cueto (org.)•reviewed by Nancy Leys Stepan text in portuguese Raça, ciência e sociedade byMarcos Chor Maior, Ricardo Ventura Santos (orgs.) • reviewed by Roberto Motta text in portuguese THESES text in portuguese