Vol. 6 • n. 1 • Mar.-July 1999

ANALYSIS Public and private in times of the pest Sandra Caponi abstract The small pox vaccine: its first century in Brazil (from the Jennerian to the animal vaccine) Tania Fernandes abstract The city and the death: yellow fever and its impact on funeral customs in Rio de Janeiro (1849-50) Cláudia Rodrigues abstract From the antiquity of man in Argentina’s Plata region to the distribution of antiquities across the map: the organization of the Museu de La Plata’s anthropological colletion, 1897-1930 Irina Podgorny abstract Reason, pluralism, and argumentation: Chaim Perelman’s contribution Márcio Silveira Lemgruber abstract Higher education and the organization of research: the economics of teaching reform in Brazil Marcelino José Jorge abstract Labor and mental hygiene: the process of discourse production in this field in Brazil Alexandre Magno Teixeira de Carvalho abstract IMAGES Marks of tragic times: cartoons on the 1996 epidemic in Caruaru Djalma A. Melo Filho, Christianne E. M. Holmes, Maria Bernadete C. Antunes, Luiz Oscar C. Ferreira, Geane Bezerra text in portuguese SOURCES The sciences at dom Joao’s Palace… José Carlos de Oliveira text in portuguese RESEARCH NOTE The Fundação Oswaldo Cruz’s Scientific Vocation Program (Provoc) as a valuable educational strategy Ana Maria Amâncio, Ana Paula R. de Queiroz, Antenor Amâncio Filho text in portuguese BOOKS & NETWORKS A descoberta do homem e do mundo by Adauto Novaes org. • reviewed by Marcus Vinicius de Freitas text in portuguese A era do saneamento: as bases da política de saúde pública no Brasil by Gilberto Hochman • reviewed by André Campos text in portuguese O fim da ciência: uma discussão sobre os limites do conhecimento científico by John Horgan • reviewed by Hugo Lovisolo text in portuguese Projeto e missão: o movimento folclórico brasileiro — 1947-1964 by Luís Rodolfo Vilhena • reviewed by Glaucia Villas Bôas text in portuguese THESES text in portuguese