Abstract:Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, the official journal of the Brazilian Soceity for Development of Research in Surgery, founded by Professor Saul Goldenberg, celebrates this year its 18th anniversary. 18 is a special number in the Jewish tradition. Why? Because in Hebrew each letter of the alphabet has a numerical value and 18 is equivalent to the sum of the value of the letters that make up the word chai ("life" in Hebrew). We also know that 18 is a number associated with adulthood. On the occasion of this doubly me… Show more
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