The Austrian psychiatrist Theodor Meynert's anatomical theories of the brain and nerves are laden with metaphorical imagery, ranging from the colonies of empire to the tentacles of jellyfish. This paper analyses among Meynert's earliest works a different set of less obvious metaphors, namely, the fibres, threads, branches and paths used to elaborate the brain's interior. I argue that these meta...

Science is not inherently dogmatic. On the contrary, in our opinion and according to Bachelard, it often breaks with certain dogmas [1]. That why must have necessary flexibility be able analyze incorporate exceptional situations. In this regard, current Coronavirus pandemic an situation causing several thousand deaths a day.

b Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto (ESEP). Porto, Portugal. ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the capitalist influence over the production of nursing knowledge according to Brazilian and Portuguese researchers. Method: Descriptive, exploratory, and qualitative research, with 17 research nurses selected using the snowball technique. Data were collected from October 2011 to November 2012 in...