PRESENTATION
Welcome to the History of the Brazilian Archives of Cardiology! In this virtual space, you will learn about a portion of the history of Brazilian Cardiology, written on the pages of its main scientific publication.
In addition to the contents available in electronic format, a department located within the headquarters of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC) in São Paulo maintains a collection of all the historical documents of the publication. In that physical space, as well as on the electronic pages, you can become acquainted with the history of the Archives throughout its almost 60 years of existence, examine all issues printed since the publication began in 1948, and meet the Editors who have been in charge of the publication and are honored in a photo gallery.
Visits to the History of the Brazilian Archives of Cardiology website are open to all who are interested. There, you will find the minutes of its establishment in 1946, as well as some interesting items such as old advertisements printed in the magazine.
EDITORS
COVERS
HISTORY OF THE PUBLICATION
For the first years of its existence, the great challenge faced by the Brazilian Society of Cardiology was the organization of its congresses, seeking to offer regular and productive meetings. At that time, this was a complex and mammoth task, especially considering the difficulties posed by transportation and communication issues.
The second major task was the publication of its own journal since those already in existence in Europe and the United States had great penetration in the Brazilian academic world, but did not reach the majority of physicians who practiced Cardiology here, especially general practitioners.
The idea of having an official channel to disseminate scientific work was soon put into practice with the creation of a publication that represented genuine boldness since it dealt with an emerging specialty, Cardiology, which in most medical centers was still a part of Internal Medicine. This initiative shows that from the very beginning, SBC founders considered the need to record and divulge events and scientific papers produced by its members. Thus, in the Founding Minutes document dated August 14, 1943, registered in the Minute Book number 1 (reverse side), SBC’s first Board of Directors, headed by its first president, Dante Pazzanese, had already included the position of Archives Director. This person was in charge of publishing news on the activities of the Society and its members; the first Archives Director was Leovigildo Mendonça de Barros. Due to financial reasons, however, the publication was not issued in the following years. In the Minute Book number 1, page 21 (reverse side), it is recorded that on July 29, 1946, during SBC’s 3rd Annual Meeting, held in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, the new Board of Directors was elected and, for the first time, the name of Jairo Ramos was mentioned as “Archives Director”. A passage of the Minute reads as follows:
“Proposal by Dante Pazzanese and Luiz V. Décourt for the creation of an Editorial Committee for the Society’s publication, the Brazilian Archives of Cardiology, which would be issued as articles were written, preferably articles submitted to the Society. Approved. The Editorial Committee will be composed as follows: Archives Director: Jairo Ramos. Assistant Editors: Luiz V. Décourt, Reinaldo Marcondes and Leovigildo Mendonça de Barros. Editorial Board: Dante Pazzanese, R. Chiaverini, S. Bertacchi, José Ramos, R. Menezes Oliveira, Genival Londres, Aarão B. Benchimol, Caio B. Dias, Bernardo Magalhães, Aldo S. Chaves and Adriano Pondé.” It is said that the name “Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia” had been suggested by Jairo Ramos and was immediately accepted by the members of SBC, probably under European influence, especially French Medicine (from “Archives de Maladie du Coeur”).
In order to establish the relationship between this new entity and SBC, and after discussing several options presented in a meeting, the decision was made to add the phrase “Under the Auspices of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology,” which was maintained for a long time.
The Minutes of the 4th SBC Annual Meeting held on July 7, 1947, in Salvador, BA, recorded in the same Minute Book, do not mention the Archives. Nevertheless, through the efforts of these cardiologists, the first issue of the Brazilian Archives of Cardiology was published during the first quarter of 1948, when Octávio Magalhães, the Minas Gerais delegate, was SBC’s president. With 600 copies printed, it was a single volume with seven articles distributed over 112 pages, five of them classified as “Original Papers,” one as a “Clinical Case” and one as “Conference.”
The title of the article appearing on page 1 of volume 1 was “Electrocardiographic evidence of local ventricular ischemia,” by Robert H. Bayley and Jolm S. La Due, Oklahoma City, United States. The second paper, starting on page 19, was a review by Dante Pazzanese entitled “Strophantin in the treatment of heart failure,” with a footnote which read “Head of the Department of Cardiology of the City Hospital of São Paulo,” which evidently was the first health service of the Specialty organized in Brazil.
The team in charge of the inaugural issue is shown on Figure 2, and the names displayed are different from those previously indicated
In issue # 2, dated June 1948, the paper “Consideraciones en relación com la repolarización auricular” by Jorge Sobrerón, Enrique Cabrera, and Maria Victória de la Cruz was published, under the supervision of Demétrio Sodi Pallares, distinguished investigators of the Mexican school, which was the leading authority in Cardiology at the time and had a great influence over Brazilian cardiologists. Since then, the Archives has been published regularly and has maintained high editorial quality with appropriate graphical presentation. Initially, there were four annual issues; from 1960 to 1978, it was published bimonthly, and from 1979 on, it has been a monthly publication. It is also the only Brazilian monthly periodical indexed by “Index Medicus.”
Along with its regular issues, starting in 1957, supplements with abstracts of the papers presented during SBC congresses, annually as of 1963, have been issued.
Circulation, format, and publicity
Initial circulation of the Archives was 600 issues, but between 1967 and 1972, it grew to 2,500, from 1972 to 1980 it reached 3,500, and in 1981, it reached the impressive figure of 5,000 issues per month. Its current circulation is 11,000 issues per month.
Since its creation, the Archives has always kept up to date with the evolution of graphic presentations. At the beginning, it had a 15 x 21 cm rectangular format (closed), changing to 17.5 x 27.5 cm in 1967, and, since 1984, it has maintained the current format of 21 x 28 cm (closed), as is the case with most medical publications worldwide.
The abstracts of papers presented at SBC congresses started to be published in 1948, with 77 papers presented at the “5th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology.”
Advertising, an indispensable source of financial support for any periodical, became a part of the Archives in the February 1962 issue with black and white ads, and in August 1964 with color ads. The ads were sometimes unusual and picturesque. Figure 4 displays an interesting ad, to say the least, according to modern standards, since it announces Digitofix, derived from digitalis purpurea, still in use today, although with other pharmaceutical forms and different dosages. The prescribed amount advertised was “each tablet contains 1 cat dose,” revealing the poor dosing criteria of the time, as it meant that each tablet contained an amount of the drug capable of causing fibrillation in the heart of a cat, with no consideration of the variables of the animal. Figure 5 advertises a model of an electrocardiograph used at the time.
MINUTES OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JOURNAL
Text of the minute
Minutes of the 3rd Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology held in Belo Horizonte, from July 25 to July 29, 1946.
On July 25, 1946, at 8:30 pm, at the Office of the President of the University of Minas Gerais, the solemn inaugural session of the 3rd Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology was opened.
The session was opened by Prof. Adriano Pondé, president, with Prof. R. Menezes Oliveira as secretary and Prof. R. Chiaverini as assistant. Representatives of the Federal Government, of the Secretary of Education and Health, of the Director of School of Medicine and Dr. Dante Pazzanese were invited to join the table.
Prof. Otávio Magalhães, representative of the Sociedade Mineira de Biologia and of the School of Medicine, welcomed all participants.
Prof. Adriano Pondé thanked the warm reception given by the host.
Next, the minutes of the previous meeting were read, discussed, and approved by consensus.
Dr. Dante Pazzanese reported that the papers by Carlos Chagas had been printed by the Mayor of São Paulo, Mr. Abrahão Ribeiro, and proposed that he be congratulated for this highly patriotic gesture. The proposal was approved unanimously.
Following, the rules of the meeting were proposed and voted on; Dr. Alcyr Campos made a suggestion, which was approved unanimously, that the proposals be printed and distributed to the members.
Next, the first item in the agenda was addressed: “Nomenclature and standardization of Cardiological Diagnosis.”
1. Dr. Olavo Pazzanese, official reporter of the Radiological Diagnosis section, conducted a full study of the diagnostic criteria and proposed a series of additions and changes to the document. The report was commented on by Dr. Ruy Faria, Dr. Caio B. Dias, Dr. Horácio K. Mello, Dr. Luiz Décourt, Dr. R. Menezes Oliveira, Dr. Dante Pazzanese, and Dr. R. Chiaverini, with final comments by Dr. Olavo Pazzanese. Next, the President asked for votes on the proposals that the changes and addenda be sent to American publishers for consultation so that, by license of the original publishers, the suggestions made by the reporting councilors be published. These changes would be made because of modifications due to local pathology and local methods, and would be duly documented. The proposals were approved.
2. Dr. R. Menezes Oliveira, official reporting member of the Clinical Diagnosis section, read the questions that had been posed and requested the opinions of his colleagues. Comments were made by Dr. Dante Pazzanese, Dr. Luiz Décourt, Dr. R. Faria, and Dr. R. Chiaverini, and it was decided that the reporting member would try to solve linguistic issues with authorities on the matter and send the report, along with the others, to the Criteria Committee of the New York Heart Association for approval. Since other reporting members from the Anatomo-Pathologic and Electrocardiographic Diagnosis sections did not present their papers, a suggestion was approved by which Dr. R. Menezes Oliveira would inform Dr. Moacyr Amorim and Dr. Nelson Cotrim about these papers and be responsible for them.
The President made a proposal, which was approved, for a note mourning the death of associate member, Dr. Eduardo Monteiro.
In conclusion, the representative of the Federal Government, Dr. Alvino de Paula, Public Health Director of the state of Minas Gerais spoke.
The session was concluded at 11:15 am on July 25, 1946, with Prof. Adriano Pondé as president and Prof. R. Menezes Oliveira as secretary.
The second session was held at 8:45 am on July 26 in the Amphitheater of the School of Medicine of the University of Minas Gerais.
Dr. Emanuel Dias spoke on the official theme, Chaga’s Disease, and expounded on epidemiology, laboratorial diagnosis, and anatomopathology of Chaga’s Disease.
Next, Dr. Francisco Laranja, [also] one of the official reporters on the theme, spoke on Chagas’ heart disease.
Dr. B. Magalhães, Dr. R. Marcondes, Dr. D. Pazzanese, Dr. B. Tranchesi, Dr. R. Faria, Dr. S. Borges, Dr. A. Brasil, Dr. R. Menezes Oliveira, Dr. R. Chiaverini, Dr. L. Decourt, and Dr. A. Rondé commented on the two papers.
The session was concluded at 12:30 pm, with Prof. Adriano Pondé as president and Prof. R. Menezes Oliveira as secretary.
The 3rd session was held on the same day and in the same venue, at 2:45 pm. It was proposed and approved that the introduction of the conference given by Dr. Emanuel Dias be annexed to the minutes. The following text was attached: “Mr. President, colleagues. It is a highly auspicious fact that the 3rd Meeting of the Soc. Brasileira de Cardiologia should have been just held here, having as one of its official themes Chaga’s Disease. Initially, I would like to applaud the leaders and members of the Society, who made such a timely and far-reaching decision to give this topic, of such relevance and interest to us, its due place of honor. This auspicious fact will be very clearly marked by the advent of a new period of study of American trypanosomiasis, by which it will move from the purely scientific and speculative ground, to which it has been bound for so many years, to the clinical and practical arena, specifically, cardiology. In fact, it is admirable that this has not happened earlier, since the disease was discovered and well studied almost 40 years ago. Since it particularly damages the heart, as we know from the notable work of Gaspar Viana published in 1912, we have been alerted many times by the potent voice of Carlos Chagas seconded by Eurico Vilela, Evandro Chagas, and others on the danger of this great endemic disease, such a frequent cause of cardiopathies, it is truly surprising that the real significance of this problem is only now starting to be understood and evaluated. Work carried out in other parts of the country, which you will appreciate here, will reveal the huge significance of the subject, but in the future, certainly the near future, other proof will appear that will dismay us because of the unsuspected incidence of this grave cause of death in the interior regions of our country.
Besides being a theme with such continental importance, Chaga’s Disease also carries exceptional significance for us due to its historic content, of which we are rightly so proud. It is the cyclopic work of a brilliant Brazilian, a son of Minas Gerais, who isolated it as a morbid entity defined among the tangling of our tropical endemics, leaving it magnificently outlined in all its fundamental aspects, from its etiology to its prophylaxis.
We will never be able to overemphasize the magnificent work of the great master, Carlos Chagas, who endowed science with this prime work of art in medicine by a Brazilian physician, leaving us a most valuable heritage of which we can never be too zealous.”
Next, the following papers were presented:
1) Criteria for electrocardiographic diagnosis of Chaga’s Disease by Dr. F. Laranja;
2) Chaga’s Disease in Bahia, by professor A. Pondé;
3) The medical-social problem of Chaga’s Disease, by Dr. Rubens Tabacoff;
4) Electrocardiographic mutability in Chaga’s Disease by Dr. A. Brasil;
5) Extrasystoles in Chaga’s Disease by Dr. F. Laranja and Dr E. Dias;
6) Etiology of bundle branch blocks, with special reference to Chaga’s Disease, by B. Magalhães and Caio Dias;
7) Contribution to the study of Chaga’s Disease in the 2nd Military Region by R. Farias, G. Rosenfeld, and F. Vasconcelos.
Next, there was an open discussion on Chaga’s Disease, with participation of Dr. B. Magalhães, Dr. H. K. Mello, Dr. A. Brasil, Dr. R. Chiaverini, Dr. L. Décóurt, Dr. R. Menezes Oliveira, Dr. D. Pazzanese, Dr. B. Tranchesi, Dr. A. Mascarenhas, and the session was concluded at 6:30, with Prof. A. Rondé as president and R. Menezes Oliveira as secretary.
The 4th session was carried out in the same venue and on the same date, at 8:45 pm, and the following papers were presented:
1) Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome and A. Pondé and Alberto Pondé. Comments by B. Magalhães, D. Pazzanese, F. Laranja, and R. Menezes Oliveira;
2) Isorhythmic dissociation with ventricular failures by Herval Bittencourt, with comments by D. Pazzanese;
3) Precordial electrocardiogram of normal children by A. Mascarenhas, J. Fernandes O. Riëdef, with comments by D. Pazzanese, H. K. Mello, L. Décourt, and R. Menezes.
4) Non-digitalized bigeminy by R. Menezes Oliveira, with comments by B. Tranchesi, R. Chiaverini, L. Décourt, and A. Mascarenhas.
5) Electrocardiographic changes with particular reference to unipolar leads, in therapeutic pneumothorax, by J. Ramos, S. Borges and F. Sjornes
6) Radiation therapy of the hypophysis in arterial hypertension, with comments by R. Menezes Oliveira and R. Chiaverini.
The session was then concluded at 11:30 pm, with Prof. Otávio Magalhães as president and B. Menezes Oliveira as secretary.
The 5th session was held in the same venue, at 9:00 am on the 27th of July, and the following papers were presented:
1) Horácio K. Melo and José M. Freitas – Unilateral nephropathy associated with arterial hypertension. Comments by L. Décourt, L. Bogliolo, Americano Freire, R. Marcondes, R. Menezes Oliveira, and D. Pazzanese.
2) Luigi Bogliolo – Ulterior contribution to knowledge of Kimmelstiel-Wilson intercapillary glomerulosclerosis. Comments by R. Menezes Oliveira, L. Decóurt, and R. Marcondes.
3) José Freitas Filho – Extremely rare malformation of the carotid sinus. Comments by Horácio Melo, L. Bogliolo, and R. Chiaverini
4) J.P. Pinto Moura – Precordial pain
5) J. Reinaldo Marcondes, O. Ratto, S. Bailove, R. Margutti, and O. Helmeister – Triggering causes and modalities of initial congestive heart failure. Comments by R. Chiaverini, Caio Dias, B. Magalhães, L. Decóurt, and R. Menezes.
6) J. Ramos, W.J Ferraz, S. Borges. Evolution of active cardiac rheumatism and rheumatic carditis. Comments by R. Chiavereini, R. Menezes Oliveira, and A. Pondé.
7) L Décourt – Aldrighi triaxial method. Comments by A. Mascarenhas, Horacio Melo, and R. Menezes Oliveira.
This session was held with Dr. D. Pazzanese as president and R. Menezes Oliveira as secretary.
The 6th session was held in the same venue and on the same date, at 8:45 pm, and the following papers were presented:
1) A. Mascarenhas and J. Fernandes – Frequency of several types of bundle branch blocks. Comments by Caio Dias, D. Pazzanese, L. Décourt, B. Magalhães, A. Pondé, and R. Menezes.
2) D. Pazzanese – Goldberger’s abdominal lead. Comments by L. Décourt, H. Mello, and A. Mascarenhas.
3) Quintiliano Mesquita and A. Alvite – Left ventricular hypertrophy with QRS equal to 0.07. Comments by R. Menezes.
4) J. Ramos, Horacio Melo, and S. Borges – Relative value of the 3 types of electrocardiogram leads (classic, precordial, and unipolar) compared to clinical and radiological examination. Comments by R. Menezes, A. Mascarenhas, B. Tranchesi, B. Magalhães, and D. Pazzanese.
5) Horacio K Mello – Modification of the electrical axis starting from unipolar leads of the extremities. Comments by R. Faria, A. Mascarenhas, and L. Décourt.
6) Luiz R. Queiroz – Injectable carbofene in peripheral arterial vasculopathies – Comments by R. Faria.
7) José Landulfo and Italo Le Vocci – Impressions on medical-social assistance to the cardiac patient. Comments by R. Menezes and D. Pazzanese
8) R. Chiaverini and Carmen Rey – Assay on meteorological influence on death of cardiac patients
9) R. Chiaverini and C. Rey – Monthly variations and times of this influence on cardiac mortality. Comments by R. Marcondes, A. Brasil, and L. Decóurt.
Dr. Dante Pazzanese presided the meeting, and R. Menezes was secretary.
The 7th session was held in the same venue at 8:15 am on the 29th of July with the following papers:
1) Arnaldo Marques – Occasional disappearance of the pulmonary murmur of the Tetrology of Fallot. Comments by R. Menezes and D. Pazzanese
2) J. Ramos, I. Le Vocci, O. Ratto, S. Lindenberg e S. Borges – Etiological frequency of cardiopathies in S. Paulo. Comments by B. Magalhães, A. Pondé, R. Chiaverini, L. Decóurt, R. Menezes, and D. Pazzanese
3) Silvio Bertachi – The electrocardiogram in ulcers and cholecystitis. Comments by B. Magalhães, R. Menezes, L. Decóurt, R. Chiaverini, and A. Mascarenhas.
4) J. Ramos, H. Melo, F. Sporques – Digitalized toxic rhythms. Comments by R. Chiaverini, L. Decóurt, A. Pondé, and R. Menezes
5) D. Pazzenese – Radiochemographic aspect of cardiovascular lesions. Comments by R. Menezes and L. Decóurt
6) Hilton Rocha, A. Bonglioli – Fundus examination in hypertension. Comments by R. Menezes, R. Chiaverini, R. Marcondes, A. Pondé, and D. Pazzanese
The session was chaired by A. Pondé, and R. Menezes was secretary.
The 8th session was carried out in the same venue and date at 2:30 pm with the following presentations:
1) A. Bello Campos – Traffic accidents and cardiopathies. Comments by A. Pondé.
2) B. Magalhães – Action of emetic tartar in the isolated electrocardiogram performed in a dog. Comments by Caio Dias, D. Pazzanese, A. Brasil, R. Menezes, R. Marcondes, and A. Pondé.
3) Caio Dias – Toxic reactions to antimonials.
4) R. Menezes Oliveira – Angiocardiography.
5) Horácio K. Mello – Angiocardiography. Comments by D. Pazzanese, O. Pazzanese, R. Chiaverini, and F. Camargo.
6) B. Tranchesi and L. Décourt – Effect of effort on the acute phase of myocardial infarct. Comments by R. Menezes, L. Décourt, H. Mello, A. Mascarenhas, and D. Pazzanese
7) D. Pazzanese – Radiochemographic sign of pericardial effusion. Comments by R. Menezes, D. Tranchesi, and A. Pondé.
8) Joaquim Osório – Signs of rheumatic activity. Comments by A. Mascarenhas, A. Chaves, R. Menezes, R. Chiaverini, and B. Tranchesi
9) Aldo Chaves – Movement for social assistance to the cardiac patient in Rio Grande do Sul. Comments by B. Magalhães and L. Décourt
The session was chaired by D. Pazzanese and R. Menezes was secretary.
The 9th and final session was carried out in the same venue and on the same date at 9:00 pm, with discussion of administrative issues and election of the new Board of Directors of the Society.
Several proposals were made:
1st) Proposal by Dr. D. Pazzanese for the nomination of Society representatives in various cities, which was approved unanimously. The following representatives were chosen: Recife – Dr. Ovídio Montenegro; Bahia – Dr. Adriano Pondé; Rio – Dr. Magalhães Gomes, Dr. R. Menezes Oliveira and Dr. L. Murgel; B. Horizonte – Dr. Otávio Magalhães, Dr. B. Magalhães, and Dr. C. Dias; São Paulo – Dr. R. Chiaverini and Dr. J. Ramos; Curitiba – Dr. A. F. Yuzzo; Rio Grande – Dr. Aldo Chaves.
2nd) Proposal by Dr. Pazzanese to set the dates for meetings for the second half of the month of July, which was approved by the majority.
3rd) Proposal by Dr. D. Pazzanese and L. Décourt for an editorial committee for the Society’s journal Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, which would be published as articles were written, with preference for those presented to the Society. This proposal was approved. The editorial committee will be composed as follows: Archives Director – Prof. Jairo Ramos. Assistant Editors: Dr. L. Décourt, Dr. Reinaldo Marcondes, and Dr. Mendonça Barros. Editorial Board: Dr. Dante Pazzanese, Dr. R. Chiaverini, Dr. S. Bertacchi, Dr. José Ramos, Dr. R. Menezes Oliveira, Dr. Genival Londres, Dr. A. Benchimol, Dr. Caio Dias, Dr. Bernardo Magalhães, Dr. Aldo Chaves, and Dr. Adriano Pondé.
One third of this Board will be renewed annually, by drawing of names, and the first edition of the Arquivos magazine should be launched as soon as possible.
4th) Proposal by Prof. Adriano Pondé of the Sociedade de Cardiologia Delegation to the Congresso Interamericano de Cardiologia in Mexico. The proposal was approved, and the delegation was comprised as follows: President Prof. Jairo Ramos, Dr. Horácio Mello, Dr. F. Laranja, Dr. Emanuel Dias, Dr. R. Marcondes, Dr. L. Décourt, Dr. A. Benchimol, and Dr. R. Menezes. The delegation will have the responsibility of requesting that the next congress be held in Brazil and reporting on the Annals of the Instituto de Cardiologia to the Sociedade.
5th) Proposal by Prof. L. Décourt that the titles of the papers enrolled for meetings of the Sociedade be submitted, without exception, to the Secretary up to 30 days before the meetings begin, i.e., up until the 31st of May. This was approved by majority.
6th) Proposal by Dr. A. Pondé – the themes recommended, without a reporting member, shall be Hypertensive and Rheumatismal Heart Diseases. This was approved unanimously.
7th) Proposal by Prof. A. Pondé that the next meeting be held in S. Salvador in Bahia. Approved unanimously.
8th) Proposal for the inclusion of honorary members by Dr. R. Menezes. The following honorary foreign members were nominated and approved: Dr. Frank Wilson, Dr. Paul White, Dr. Samuel Levine, Dr. Arthur Fishberg, Dr. Robert Levy, Dr. Harold Pardee, Dr. Carl Wiggers, Dr. Arlie Barnes, Dr. David Scherf, Dr. Tinsley Harrisson, Dr. Richard Ashman, Dr. Robert Bayley, Dr. Hugo Dressler, Dr. Aldo Luisada, Dr. George Hermann, Dr. Willian Stroud, Dr. Harry Goldblatt, Dr. Harry Ungerleider, Dr. William Dressler, Dr. Bernardo Houssay, Dr. E. Braun Menendez, Dr. Antônio Battro, Dr. Tiburcio Padilla, Dr. Pedro Cossio, Dr. John Parkinson, Dr. Willian Evans, Dr. D.E. Bedford, Dr. Crighton Bramnel, Dr. Ignacio Chavez, Dr. D. Sodi Pallares, Dr. Eduardo Coelho, Dr. Yvan Mahaim, Dr. Gustav Nylin, Dr. W.H. Craib, Dr. Charles Landry, Dr. Camile Lian, Dr. L. Gallavardin, and Dr. Velasco Lombardini.
A proposal was made and approved by the majority that a Committee be formed composed of the Board of Directors that should recommend, at the next meeting, names of national honorary members.
9th) Proposal by Dr. Reinaldo Chiaverini that a note be sent to the Constituent Assembly remembering the importance of Chaga’s Disease and to Instituto Osvaldo Cruz on the same theme, with recognition of the work it has done. This was unanimously approved.
10th) Proposal by Dr. Horacio Melo that a note be sent to the Sociedade Médico-Cirurgica of S. Paulo in recognition of its efforts in combating falsified drugs and medications. This received unanimous approval.
The next item addressed was the election of the new Board of Directors. The following Board was elected by unanimity and acclamation for the period of July 1946 to July 1947.
President: Prof. Edgard Magalhães Gomes
Vice-President: Prof. Octávio Magalhães
General Secretary: Prof. Roberto Menezes Oliveira
2nd Secretary: Prof. Reinaldo Chiaverini
Treasurer: Dr. Luiz Murgel
Archives Director: Prof. Jairo Ramos
The new Board of Directors took office by the declaration of Prof. Adriando Pondé who thanked them for their collaboration and expressed his hopes for a brilliant future for the Sociedade.
In closing, Dr. Acyr Belo Campos suggested a laudatory vote for the ex-president, Prof. Adriano Pondé, for the brilliant manner in which he led the Sociedade from 1945 to 1946, which was unanimously approved.
The session closed at 11:30 pm on the July 29, 1946.
Roberto Menezes de Oliveira, 2nd secretary.
EARLY ADVERTISEMENTS
Along its history, several companies advertised their products on the pages of Arquivos, and these are a part of its history as well. Before January 1962, the magazine did not accept medical propaganda. It was only after February 1962 that regular placement of ads began, which is currently one of the main sources of financial support for the magazine. We have selected a few of these ads, some due to their peculiar presentation, and some because of their historic value in marking the debut of a new medication on the market.
