About the Journal
MEDICINA HISTORICA is the new official journal of the Italian Society of History of Medicine. The Journal started in 1910 as Rivista di Storia delle Scienze Mediche e Naturali, and it changed its title in Rivista di Storia della Medicina in 1957. The Journal continues focusing on the history of medicine, in all its aspects. The Medicina Historica publishes original and significant articles on H
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Current Issue
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020)
Full Issue
Original articles: History of Medicine
The studies of blood transfusion and the attempts of its implementation into medical practice in 1800–1875: the fate of J.-A. Roussel’s device in Russia
Abstract 75 | PDF Downloads 36Page e2020003
Medical approach to disability. A history of a multifaceted relationship
Abstract 27 | PDF Downloads 17Page e2020002
Review articles: History of Medicine
Historical gender gap in the authorship of the most impacted general nursing journals: a cohort descriptive study.
Abstract 27 | PDF Downloads 15Page e2020004
Letter to Editor: History of Medicine
Girolamo Fabrici d’Acquapendente’s “nasogastric tube”. Strategies for artificial nutrition between the XVI and XVII centuries
Abstract 35 | PDF Downloads 31Page e2020005
The Babiński sign: from “toes phenomenon” to “great toe phenomenon”
Abstract 15 | PDF Downloads 15Page e2020006
Original articles: Paleopathology
Dental palaeopathology seen through historical, archaeological and biological sources in ancient Herculaneum (79 AD, Italy)
Abstract 28 | PDF Downloads 21Page e2020007
Case report: Paleopathology
Exhumation and anthropological study of the skeletal remains attributed to Liutprand, King of the Lombards (c. 690-744 AD)
Abstract 15 | PDF Downloads 16Page e2020008
Original articles: Bioethics
Adult stem cells in cardiovascular medicine: historical overview and ethical issues
Abstract 12 | PDF Downloads 8Page e2020011
Medicine education through a Gender lens
Abstract 13 | PDF Downloads 7Page e2020010
The contribution of ethical reflection during the Coronavirus pandemic. A comparative analysis.
Abstract 56 | PDF Downloads 30Page e2020009
Book reviews
Book reviews
Abstract 18 | PDF Downloads 18Page e2020012