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.
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Cartoons as Topic/history , Newspapers as Topic/history , Research Personnel/history , Science/history , Brazil , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Wit and Humor as Topic/historyABSTRACT
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.
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Humans , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Cartoons as Topic/history , Newspapers as Topic/history , Research Personnel/history , Science/history , Brazil , Wit and Humor as Topic/historyABSTRACT
Memories of W.G. Sebald from the diphtheria he suffered as a child, gave rise to a discussion about the origin of classic clinical descriptions and the traps memory tends. Good examples of the latter are some experiences of Stendhal, who must also be distrusted given his hypersensitivity, which gave name to a psychosomatic syndrome. Mark Twain, a more practical man, brings us back to reality with a funny story about the terror the disease caused in the late nineteenth century. This leads us to remember isolation measures and topical treatments from the period immediately preceding the antitoxin. They included manual removal of the pseudo membranes, maneuver that led Marañón to misinterpret a painting by Goya on a scene of "Lazarillo de Tormes".
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Diphtheria/history , Famous Persons , Medicine in Literature , Drama/history , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Humans , Paintings/history , Wit and Humor as Topic/historyABSTRACT
Dr. Serge Voronoff visited Brazil during the Jornadas Médicas of 1928, where he demonstrated his xenotransplantation technique to the local medical community. The present article uses newspaper clippings from that time to illustrate how this controversial surgery and Voronoff's alleged miraculous preservation of good health and longevity was viewed in the popular imagination. Voronoff's initiative paved the way for other health professionals to report on their surgical experiences with xenotransplantation and also popularized the topic, which became the subject of Carnival songs and sardonic jokes in the press. An analysis is offered, based on current scientific parameters, along with a suggestion concerning the possible involvement of xenotransplantation in HIV epidemiology.
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Endocrine Glands/transplantation , Transplantation, Heterologous/history , Aging , Animals , History, 20th Century , Humans , Rejuvenation , Wit and Humor as Topic/historyABSTRACT
Coletânea de charges bem-humoradas sobre temáticas da saúde pública do País e seus - por assim dizer - percalços. Resultado de uma exposição organizada pela Fiocruz, o catálogo conta com ilustrações históricas (a primeira data de 1861) e contemporâneas, reunindo, dentre outros, humoristas do quilate de Chico Caruso, Ique, Jaguar e Ziraldo. A apresentação é assinada por Luis Fernando Verissimo.