Letter
A brief reader’s letter offering contributions to the medical humor section
Alexandre
Dr. Vital Brasil Mineiro da Campanha
The scientist who created the first antivenoms and founded the Butantan Institute
The School of the Golden Years
Memories of 1950s Sorocaba and the birth of its Faculty of Medicine
Politeia
A passage from Plato on the decay of authority and the coming of tyranny
Medical Humor
A collection of anecdotes about good-humored misunderstandings in the doctor’s office
Medical Ethics in Human Reproduction
Ethical dilemmas of donor anonymity in assisted human reproduction
High Heels and a Tight Spot
Anatomy of the foot, pain, and swelling: why heels and circulation are confused
Einstein and the Atomic Bomb
The famous tongue photo and Einstein’s campaign against the atomic bomb
Explosives and the Nobel Prize
A history of explosives, from Alfred Nobel to the creation of the Nobel Prize
Andreas Vesalius
The anatomist who corrected Galen and revolutionized the study of the human body