Breve histórico dos cursos de Rudolf Steiner aos estudantes de medicina e jovens médicos / Brief history of Rudolf Steiner's courses to medical students and young doctors

O autor, baseado em comunicação pessoal com Madeleine van Deventer e em obras publicadas de Rudolf Steiner e Peter Selg, faz um relato dos preparativos e fatos que antecederam os primeiros cursos de antroposofia voltados aos jovens médicos e estudantes de medicina, na década de 1920. Destaca-se a figura de Helene von Grunelius, fundamental para a mobilização e entusiasmo daqueles que ouviriam de Steiner as bases para a humanização da medicina, fundamentada na antroposofia.(AU)

The author, based on personal communication from Madeleine van Deventer and from published lectures of Rudolf Steiner and Peter Selg, reports the preparations and events before the first courses of anthroposophy to young doctors and medical students in the 1920s. Helene von Grunelius was highlighted. She was fundamental for the mobilization and enthusiasm of those who would hear Steiner foundations for the humanization of medicine, based on anthroposophy.(AU)

The evolution of obstetrics and gynaecology in Trinidad

Obstetrics and gynecology is a discipline proud of its history and the influence it has exerted on the well-being of women. Obstetrics is as old as the human race. The birth of gynaecology coincided with the advent of modern surgery. This book reviews the history of midwifery and describes the development of the specialty in Trinidad. We owe a great debt of gratitude to the influence of four pioneers whose achievements I have recorded. I have mentioned other specialists in the field who have made significant contributions and would like to apologise for the omission of many collegues who have played a part in elevating the standards of O&G in this country: "Were I to await perfection, my book will never be finished". Medical education has assumed great importance in the West Indies over the past decade. I have taken up the story with the founding of a Faculty of Medicine in Jamaica in 1948 and traced our progress towards the establishment of our school at Mt. Hope. It is hoped that the information provided about the performance of undergraduates will enhance the educational strategies employed to achieve our goals and encourage a strengthening of clinical teaching in future by focussing the attention of teachers on a key area of their educational role. I also hope that this book will be a stimulus for students to enquire further into the history of O&G as a pathfinder in the search for better patient-care in the new millennium (AU)

[Albert Schwietzer's doctoral thesis]. / La tesis doctoral de Albert Schweitzer.

A review on Albert Schweitzer's doctoral thesis "The psychiatric study on Jesus" and his analysis of the delirium of persecution, megalomania and hallucination in order to refuse different authors hypothesis about the Jesus, psychosis or paranoia. The author highlights the symbolism of Schweitzer's decision for studying medicine and dedicating his life and efforts to the full of need men of Africa so the importance of his philosophic studies on the western culture.

[Medical care, medical education, and the job market for physicians: internship in Mexico]. / La atención médica, la enseñanza de la medicina y el mercado de trabajo para los médicos: el internado en México.

This article endeavors to establish a connection between the emergence and development of internship in Mexico and a series of macrosocial changes, including the extension of Government intervention in medical care, the labor market processes that have led to unemployment among physicians, and the responses of the medical education system. The author considers that this comprehensive analysis will be of use in understanding at least in part the complex dynamics of the influence exerted on each other by medical care and medical education, and particularly how changes in conditions on the labor market for physicians have led to the formulation of ideological paradigms of medical practice and to their institutionalization in the programs of study of the medical schools. The study is also important for developed and developing countries with increasing numbers of physicians and which therefore need to understand the possible causes and effects of this trend.

Comentario sobre la medicina en la Argentina / Commentary of the medicine in Argentine

Ensayo sobre la medicina en Argentina, el médico de campo y el de ciudad. Las prestaciones médicas, las mutualidades, el plus. La celuloterapia, el ocultismo, el curanderismo. Adelantos en rayos x, tomografia, ecografia, medicina nuclear. Vida sana. La felicidad. Anécdotas

Comentario sobre la medicina en la Argentina / Commentary of the medicine in Argentine

Ensayo sobre la medicina en Argentina, el médico de campo y el de ciudad. Las prestaciones médicas, las mutualidades, el plus. La celuloterapia, el ocultismo, el curanderismo. Adelantos en rayos x, tomografia, ecografia, medicina nuclear. Vida sana. La felicidad. Anécdotas