Nursing, history, and orthopedics in manuals (1875-1928).

Objectives: to discuss the content of manuals, with emphasis on orthopedics, in support of the development of nursing care culture.

Methods: cultural-historical method articulated with document analysis technique. The sources were nursing manuals - Portuguese, French, English, and Spanish - from 1875 to 1928.

Lessons from the past in the present: news from the Spanish flu pandemic to COVID-19.

Objective: to analyze the health conducts for combating the Spanish flu and its relationship with the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro.

Methods: study from the perspective of microhistory, with analysis of articles published in Revista da Semana on the Spanish flu, having as criteria publications with the term "epidemic" referring to the Spanish flu or influenza in the period of the epidemic outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Federal District.

Results: 18 records, organized in three thematic axes: political, 4; social, 11; care, 3, were found.