Doctor Carlos Manuel Miyares Cao, paradigma de médico / Dr. Carlos Manuel Miyares Cao, an example of an outstanding doctor

José Martí sentenció: "Saberse sacrificar es el precio del éxito durable en todo", y con grandes sacrificios y éxitos en su vida laboral se resume la obra del Dr. Carlos Manuel Miyares Cao, un médico excepcional que supo vincular sus responsabilidades administrativas con la investigación y desarrollo, y la asistencia médica. Incansable luchador por los avances de la Medicina, gestor de la Escuela Cubana de Farmacología, representa un gran ejemplo para los médicos cubanos y de Latinoamérica. Durante su vida estudiantil, colaboró de forma destacada en las actividades que se desarrollaban en la época, siendo fundador de las milicias revolucionarias. Miyares Cao fue uno de los estudiantes de Medicina, fundador integrante de la Milicia Universitaria José Antonio Echeverría, quien con la simbólica camisa rojo vino, pantalón gris y boina negra, desfilaría el 27 de noviembre de 1959 desde la Universidad hasta la explanada de La Punta para rendir tributo a los 8 estudiantes de Medicina, y al decir de él, uno de sus más fraternales compañeros de estudios: ;lo recuerdo muy claro, alto, que por su estatura iba entre las filas finales, con su rifle y marchando con marcada disciplina, tal cual fue en su vida", con sus palabras reflejó los preceptos conceptuales que connotaron su existencia". El Dr. Miyares fue nombrado entre los primeros Instructores no graduados en la cátedra de Farmacología de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de La Habana, tras la renuncia de los profesores universitarios. Asimismo, fundador de la AJR (Asociación Jóvenes Rebeldes) y Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas (UJC universitaria). Tuvo el privilegio de ser de los primeros egresados de la Revolución y su graduación, presidida, en el oriental Pico Turquino, por Fidel Castro, en 1965(AU)

José Martí said: "Knowing how to sacrifice is the price of lasting success for everything". The working life of Dr. Carlos Manuel Miyares Cao is summed up in great sacrifice and success. He was an outstanding doctor who knew how to link his administrative responsibilities to research and development and medical care. As a tireless fighter for the advances of medicine, he was the founder of the Cuban School of Pharmacology and a notable example for Cuban and Latin American doctors. During his student life, he collaborated with important activities that took place at his time, being founder of the revolutionary militias. During his medical studies, he was a founder member of the University Militias "José Antonio Echeverría". Wearing the symbolic red wine shirt, gray pants and black beret, he paraded on November 27, 1959 from the university to the Punta esplanade to pay tribute to the 8 medical students. One of his most fraternal fellow students says, "... I remember him very clearly; he was tall and because of his height he was among the ranks of the final lines; with his rifle he used to march with the discipline that characterized him during all his life." With his words, he illustrated the principles and convictions that marked his existence. After the resignation of university professors, Dr. Miyares was appointed among the first undergraduate Pharmacy instructors at the Department of Pharmacology of the School of Medicine of the University of Havana. He was also the founder of the AJR (Association of Young Rebels) and the UJC (Union of Young Communists) in the university. He had the privilege to be one of the first graduates after de triumph of the Revolution. His graduation, which was held at Pico Turquino in eastern Cuba, was presided by Fidel Castro in 1965(AU)

Carlos de la Torre y Huerta. Paradigma del quehacer científico cubano / Carlos de la Torre y Huerta. Paradigma of Cuban scientific activity

RESUMEN La dimensión científica educativa constituye uno de los aportes más sólidos de la obra de Carlos de la Torre y Huerta. Su extensa obra investigativa se nutre de las asignaturas que impartió en la Universidad de la Habana entre las que se desatacan Paleontología, Arqueología, Antropología, Zoología, Geología, Biología y Entomología. Estos estudios favorecieron el descubrimiento de la gran riqueza existente en el país, destacándose una trayectoria ejemplar cuyos cimientos se insertan en la malacología. El descubrimiento de las Polymitas lo llevan a describir una diversidad de subespecies que lo insertan en el escenario internacional aclamado como un referente de obligatoria consulta para los especialistas. La divulgación sistemática de su obra lo conducen a la formación de una escuela cubana de naturalistas en la que los discípulos marcaron impronta en el quehacer científico nacional al apropiarse de las herramientas que le permiten hacer ciencia utilizando medios de enseñanza, imágenes proyectadas, láminas, dibujos y ejemplares autóctonos del país (AU).

ABSTRACT The educational scientific dimension is one of the strongest contributions of the work of Carlos de la Torre and Huerta. His extensive research work draws on the subjects he taught at the University of Havana, including Paleontology, Archeology, Anthropology, Zoology, Geology, Biology and Entomology. These studies favored the discovery of the great wealth existing in the country, highlighting an exemplary trajectory whose foundations are inserted in malacology. The discovery of the Polymites leads him to describe a diversity of subspecies that insert him in the acclaimed international scenario as a mandatory reference for specialists. The systematic dissemination of his work lead him to the formation of a Cuban school of naturalists in which the disciples marked imprint on the national scientific work by appropriating the tools that allow him to do science using teaching means, projected images, prints, drawings and native copies of the country (AU).

Dr. Juan Santos Fernández Hernández. Eminente Oftalmólogo matancero / Dr. Juan Santos Fernández Hernández. Eminent Matanzas Ophthalmologist

El doctor Juan Santos Fernández Hernández, una de las más prominentes figuras médicas de Cuba, destacado en la medicina y cirugía oftalmológica, realizó, por primera vez en la Isla, complejas operaciones oftálmicas. Fue autor de un gran número de artículos e informes científicos y es considerado uno de los más prolíficos autores cubanos del siglo XIX. El objetivo de este trabajo fue describir mediante una síntesis biográfica los principales logros del Dr. Juan Santos Fernández Hernández. El nombre de este galeno aparece entre las personalidades médicas cubanas más distinguidas de todos los tiempos por su saber y su civismo, por su abnegación y perseverancia, por su valiosa contribución al progreso de la ciencia y la cultura nacional (AU).

Doctor Juan Santos Fernandez Hernandez is one of the most prominent medical figures in Cuba, outstanding in ophthalmological medicine and surgery. He made, for the first time on the Island, complex ophthalmic operations. He was the author of a large number of articles and scientific reports and is considered one of the most prolific Cuban authors of the nineteenth century. The objective of this work is to describe through a biographical synthesis, the main achievements of Dr. Juan Santos Fernandez Hernandez. The name of this doctor appears among the most distinguished Cuban medical personalities of all times due to his knowledge and his civics, for his dedication and perseverance, for his valuable contribution to the progress of national science and culture (AU).

Trópicos, ciência e leishmanioses: uma análise sobre circulação de saberes e assimetrias / The tropics, science, and leishmaniasis: an analysis of the circulation of knowledge and asymmetries

Resumo: O artigo investiga o processo de circulação de saberes ocorrido, nas primeiras décadas do século XX, entre os pesquisadores sul-americanos Edmundo Escomel (Peru) e Alfredo Da Matta (Brasil) e os europeus Alphonse Laveran (França) e Patrick Manson (Inglaterra) no que diz respeito à definição e validação da espundia como uma enfermidade particularizada da América do Sul, ao mesmo tempo que se postulava a necessidade do seu enquadramento no recém-criado grupo de moléstias denominado "leishmanioses". Compartilhando a recente preocupação em pensar a pesquisa histórica para além dos limites impostos pelo Estado nacional como categoria organizadora da narrativa, dialoga com alguns apologistas da história global/transnacional situando o caso específico nessa perspectiva analítica.

Abstract: The article investigates the process of circulation of knowledge which occurred during the first decades of the twentieth century between the South American researchers Edmundo Escomel (Peru) and Alfredo Da Matta (Brazil) and the Europeans Alphonse Laveran (France) and Patrick Manson (England) with regard to the definition and validation of espundia as a disease specific to South America, while simultaneously the need to insert this illness into the newly created group of diseases called the "leishmaniasis" was proposed. Sharing recent concerns in considering historical research beyond the limits imposed by the Nation-state as a category that organizes narratives, it dialogs with some apologists of global and transnational history, situating this specific case within this analytical perspective.

Os cientistas em quadrinhos: humanizando as ciências / Scientists in cartoons: humanizing science

Resumo Publicados diariamente de 1994 a 2002 no jornal Correio Popular, de Campinas, os quadrinhos Os cientistas, produzidos por jornalistas e pesquisadores brasileiros, apresentaram a prática científica de modo crítico e irreverente, expondo a insegurança e as frustrações dos cientistas, além dos conflitos entre eles e da dificuldade de comunicação com outros grupos, como os jornalistas. Este artigo mostra a diversidade de personagens, temas, apresentação gráfica e seus possíveis significados, por meio de uma amostra de tiras publicadas nos quatro primeiros anos.

Abstract Published daily from 1994 to 2002 in Correio Popular, a Campinas-based newspaper, Os cientistas (The scientists) comic strips produced by Brazilian researchers and journalists presented science critically and irreverently, exposing the insecurities and frustrations of scientists, as well as the conflicts between them and their communication difficulties with other groups, like journalists. This article shows the diversity of personalities, subjects, graphic styles, and potential meanings in a sample of comic strips published in the first four years.

Carlos J Finlay (1833-1915) Su impronta en el Canal de Panamá en el centenario de su muerte / The mark he left in the Panama Canal in the centenary of his death

El médico cubano Carlos Finlay dedicó su vida al estudio de la fiebre amarilla y descubrió que su agente transmisor era el mosquito Aedes aegypti. Si bien durante veinte años su descubrimiento no fue tenido en cuenta por el mundo académico de la época, su teoría fue confirmada y permitió el saneamiento de la isla de Cuba, que fue liberada de nuevas epidemias. A fines del siglo XIX, la fiebre amarilla fue una de las causas del fracaso de la compañía francesa que intentó construir sin éxito un canal interoceánico en Panamá. En 1904, los estadounidenses, teniendo en cuenta estos antecedentes y llevando a la práctica lo aprendido con Finlay en el saneamiento de Cuba, lograron con éxito la construcción del Canal de Panamá.

Carlos J Finlay was a Cuban phisician that devoted his life to the study of yellow fever and discovered that the Aedes aegypti mosquito was its transmitting agent. Even though his discovery was not taken into account by the academic world of the time for twenty years, his theory was confirmed and allowed the cleaning of Cuba, freeing the island from new epidemics. At the end of the 19th century, a French company tried and failed to build an inter-oceanic canal in Panama, and one of the reasons of the failure was yellow fever. In 1904, Americans managed successfully to build the Panama Canal considering this background and putting into practice Finlay’s lessons regarding the sanity in Cuba.

The dynamics of Brazilian protozoology over the past century

Brazilian scientists have been contributing to the protozoology field for more than 100 years with important discoveries of new species such asTrypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. In this work, we used a Brazilian thesis database (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) covering the period from 1987-2011 to identify researchers who contributed substantially to protozoology. We selected 248 advisors by filtering to obtain researchers who supervised at least 10 theses. Based on a computational analysis of the thesis databases, we found students who were supervised by these scientists. A computational procedure was developed to determine the advisors’ scientific ancestors using the Lattes Platform. These analyses provided a list of 1,997 researchers who were inspected through Lattes CV examination and allowed the identification of the pioneers of Brazilian protozoology. Moreover, we investigated the areas in which researchers who earned PhDs in protozoology are now working. We found that 68.4% of them are still in protozoology, while 16.7% have migrated to other fields. We observed that support for protozoology by national or international agencies is clearly correlated with the increase of scientists in the field. Finally, we described the academic genealogy of Brazilian protozoology by formalising the “forest” of Brazilian scientists involved in the study of protozoa and their vectors over the past century.

Nobel Prizes: Contributions to Cardiology / Prêmios Nobel: Contribuições para a Cardiologia

The Nobel Prize was created by Alfred Nobel. The first prize was awarded in 1901 and Emil Adolf von Behring was the first laureate in medicine due to his research in diphtheria serum. Regarding cardiology, Nobel Prize’s history permits a global comprehension of progress in pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapeutics of various cardiac diseases in last 120 years. The objective of this study was to review the major scientific discoveries contemplated by Nobel Prizes that contributed to cardiology. In addition, we also hypothesized why Carlos Chagas, one of our most important scientists, did not win the prize in two occasions. We carried out a non-systematic review of Nobel Prize winners, selecting the main studies relevant to heart diseaseamong the laureates. In the period between 1901 and 2013, 204 researches and 104 prizes were awarded in Nobel Prize, of which 16 (15%) studies were important for cardiovascular area. There were 33 (16%) laureates, and two (6%) were women. Fourteen (42%) were American, 15 (45%) Europeans and four (13%) were from other countries. There was only one winner born in Brazil, Peter Medawar, whose career was all in England. Reviewing the history of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine area made possible to identify which researchers and studies had contributed to advances in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Most winners were North Americans and Europeans, and male.

O Prêmio Nobel foi criado por Alfred Nobel. Os primeiros prêmios foram entregues em 1901, e o primeiro ganhador na área da medicina foi Emil Adolf von Behring, por seus trabalhos com soro antidiftérico. Na cardiologia, o conhecimento da história do Prêmio Nobel ajuda a entender a importância dos avanços fisiopatológicos, diagnósticos e terapêuticos realizados ao longo dos últimos 120 anos. O objetivo do presente estudo foi revisar as principais descobertas científicas contempladas pelo Prêmio Nobel, que contribuíram para avanços no estudo da cardiologia. Além disso, apresentamos a hipótese pela qual Carlos Chagas, um dos nossos mais importantes cientistas, não recebeu o Prêmio Nobel em duas ocasiões. A partir de uma revisão não sistemática sobre os Prêmios Nobel, foram selecionados, entre os laureados, os principais estudos com relevância para as doenças cardíacas. No período entre 1901 e 2013, 204 pesquisadores, em 104 prêmios, foram premiados na categoria Medicina ou Fisiologia, dos quais 16 estudos (15%) tiveram importância na área da cardiologia. Foram 33 (16%) premiados, sendo apenas duas (6%) mulheres. Em relação ao local de nascimento, 14 (42%) eram norte-americanos, 15 (45%) europeus e quatro (13%) de outros países. Apenas um laureado nasceu no Brasil: Peter Medawar, cuja carreira se deu toda na Inglaterra. A revisão da história do Prêmio Nobel na área de medicina ou fisiologia possibilitou identificar pesquisadores e estudos que contribuíram para avanços no diagnóstico, prevenção e tratamento das doenças cardiovasculares. A maioria dos laureados eram norte‑americanos e europeus, e do sexo masculino.

Robert Bárány, o criador da Neuro-otologia / Robert Bárány the founder of Neuro-otology

O vienense Robert Bárány criou a Neuro-otologia. Este artigo ressalta um pouco da sua vida e obra, que certamente não foram das mais serenas. Cientista por excelência, enfrentou um processo iniciado por seus pares, que alegavam uso impróprio de dados e falta de ética. Alistou-se como médico na guerra austríaco-russa, foi preso e, em 1914 e ainda no campo de prisioneiros, recebeu o Prêmio Nobel. Exilou-se voluntariamente na Suécia, onde passou boa parte de sua vida, e morreu antes de completar 60 anos.

The Viennese Robert Bárány created the Neuro-otology. This article highlights some of his life and work, which certainly were not the most serene. Scientist par excellence, faced a process initiated by his peers, who alleged misuse of data and lack of ethics. He enlisted as a physician in the Austrian-Russian war, and was arrested in prisoners? camp. In 1914 and still in the camp received the Nobel Prize. Volun-tarily went into exile in Sweden, where he spent much of his life and died before completing 60.