It has been argued that Franz Boas contributed little to the emergence of the culture concept in anthropology and in fact hindered its growth. In the context of an earlier re-evaluation of the role of E. B. Tylor, it is argued here that in the work of Boas the concept was in fact provided with much of the basis of its modern anthropological meaning. In developing his argument against racial men...

Today, evidence-based medicine (EBM) is proposed as the “natural” way of thinking and practicing medicine. Although it has been questioned with several arguments (little humanist, elitist, disdainful of experience, functional to the health commerce, etc.), criticism has not moved its structure. EBM was born at the beginning of the nineties; it is undoubtedly the dominant thought in today’s medi...

This article was presented by the author at the National University Medical School Vaccination Seminar.

there are not available the textbooks and reference works summarizing the fundamentals of the field as are found in older and more established sciences. Consequently, this reviewer has found it profitable to keep his copies of Progress in Biophysics near at hand as a general reference work. The present volume is a worthy addition, but it is feared that the price will discourage many individuals...