Se describe en forma simple y práctica algunos dilemas éticos en la cirugía neonatal. Se destaca el comportamiento hipocrático del médico, el que se sintetiza en dos principios fundamentales: consagrar la vida al servicio de la humanidad; y, no abusar de su poder. Estos principios aseguran al cirujano pediátrico una práctica de su profesión honesta y honorable.

 The reflections made by the author are paradigmatically sufficient to point out the following: The compassionate medic achieves a significantly greater healing effect than when he does not practice the feeling of compassion. The compassionate doctor is the best “medicine” for the patient, because he benefits from the optimal results in his health; also, with the experience of satisfaction of having been treated with affection, solidarity, respect, humility, sincerity, honesty, understanding and compassion; that is, to be treated in a humane spirit. Acting the doctor with compassion also benefits himself, as he provides effective and more diligent medical care, has more credibility, improves the doctor-patient relationship, has less exhaustion and avoids incurring malpractice.

 The reflections made by the author are paradigmatically sufficient to point out the following: The compassionate medic achieves a significantly greater healing effect than when he does not practice the feeling of compassion. The compassionate doctor is the best “medicine” for the patient, because he benefits from the optimal results in his health; also, with the experience of satisfaction of having been treated with affection, solidarity, respect, humility, sincerity, honesty, understanding and compassion; that is, to be treated in a humane spirit. Acting the doctor with compassion also benefits himself, as he provides effective and more diligent medical care, has more credibility, improves the doctor-patient relationship, has less exhaustion and avoids incurring malpractice.

The Mochica culture developed between 100 B.C. to 750 A.D. In this article, the authors present and describe two ceramics of the Mochica culture in which theyhave identified an adolescent with facies typical of Down syndrome.

Se describe en forma simple y práctica algunos dilemas éticos en la cirugía neonatal. Se destaca el comportamiento hipocrático del médico, el que se sintetiza en dos principios fundamentales: consagrar la vida al servicio de la humanidad; y, no abusar de su poder. Estos principios aseguran al cirujano pediátrico una práctica de su profesión honesta y honorable.

In this article, the authors describe some historical data that demonstrate the existence of neurological diseases suffered by the aborigines of Ancient Peru. They also explain the methods they used in the treatment of these diseases.

In this monograph, the authors present the existence of obesity among the aborigines of ancient Peru. As evidence of the existence of this disease, in addition to the ethnohistoric source bequeathed to us by the Indian chronicler Guamán Poma, they present precious ceramics of ancient Peruvian cultures in which characters with obesity are represented.

In this article, the author makes a study of some biblical reviews that imprint a divine character on the mission or work of the physician. Therefore, he considers that practicing medicine is a reason for happiness, a spiritual rejoicing that motivates to follow the example of Jesus Christ and the Good Samaritan, and to exercise the beautiful and noble profession with vigilant and solicitous presence at the side of the sick.

In this article the authors highlight the presence of polydactyly among the aborigines of ancient Peru. They show photographs of splendid ceramics recovered from tombs of ancient Peruvian cultures, which are testimony of the presence of polydactyly in the ancient aborigines; that is, more than five fingers or toes, unilateral or bilateral.

 Traditionally Hirschsprung´s disease has been diagnosed and treated under the paradigm of the absence of submucosal and myenteric nerve plexus in a localized area of the colon. Surgical treatment consists of resection of the aganglionic area and anastomosis of the anal level of the ganglionic region of  the colon. The review of the long-term results of the surgery, with the various surgical techniques existing up to now show complications related to incontinence and constipation in about 50 % of the cases. Many surgeons think that this disease is still unknown and even incurable. With the advancement in the field of research in molecular biology in the been discovered that addition to the absence of the nerve plexuses, and the Cajal cells in the aganglionic segment, failure in the secretion of mediators called purinergic, such as the ATP and its receptors, as well nitrate sub...

 Traditionally Hirschsprung´s disease has been diagnosed and treated under the paradigm of the absence of submucosal and myenteric nerve plexus in a localized area of the colon. Surgical treatment consists of resection of the aganglionic area and anastomosis of the anal level of the ganglionic region of  the colon. The review of the long-term results of the surgery, with the various surgical techniques existing up to now show complications related to incontinence and constipation in about 50 % of the cases. Many surgeons think that this disease is still unknown and even incurable. With the advancement in the field of research in molecular biology in the been discovered that addition to the absence of the nerve plexuses, and the Cajal cells in the aganglionic segment, failure in the secretion of mediators called purinergic, such as the ATP and its receptors, as well nitrate sub...