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. 3 No. 3 (2019)
Published: 2019-12-09
Full Issue
Editorial
Towards an international future
Abstract 23 | PDF Downloads 22Page 129-130
Original articles: History of Medicine
Pancio of Controne (1275 ca.-1340), a Tuscan physician at the courts of Edward II and Edward III of England
Abstract 62 | PDF Downloads 31Page 131-138
The plague of 1630 in Modena (Italy) through the study of parish registers
Abstract 253 | PDF Downloads 67Page 139-148
Scholars and medicine in Sicily between the 18th and 19th centuries Medical knowledge and universal history
Abstract 22 | PDF Downloads 21Page 149-155
The young Nicola Pende and the ambiguous adrenal gland: at the origins of Italian endocrinology
Abstract 25 | PDF Downloads 19Page 156-169
Paolo Mascagni and Alessandro Moreschi: who discovered the vascular structure of urethra? Anatomy of an intellectual property dispute
Abstract 26 | PDF Downloads 18Page 170-180
Review articles: History of Medicine
Heterogenic transfusion in Italy. Historical review of a medical practice
Abstract 22 | PDF Downloads 17Page 181-184
The light of knowledge. Brief historical outline of some of the talented people who changed the destiny of the blind, from Haüy to Brail
Abstract 18 | PDF Downloads 13Page 185-187
Thyroid surgery before the technologic revolution: from Samuel Gross’ “torrents of blood” to Paolo Miccoli’s video-assisted thyroidectomy
Abstract 15 | PDF Downloads 10Page 188-195
Original articles: Paleopathology
Bioarchaeology of the human remains of the so-called “sailor” from the site of the ancient ships of Pisa - San Rossore
Abstract 32 | PDF Downloads 17Page 196-205
Original articles: Bioethics
Genome editing: slipping down toward Eugenics?
Abstract 95 | PDF Downloads 22Page 206-218
Letter to Editor: History of Medicine
Voices from the past defending Criminal Anthropology
Abstract 17 | PDF Downloads 11Page 219-220
Letter to Editor: Bioethics
A light in the dark: the history and ethics of a therapeutic relationship
Abstract 15 | PDF Downloads 10Page 221-222