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 2 No 1 (2018)

Published: 2018-05-11

Original article

On the hellebore trail: an anthropological research into madness

Mario Augusto Maieron
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When early modern Europe caught the flu. A scientific account of pandemic influenza in sixteenth century Sicily

Rosamaria Alibrandi
Abstract 52 | PDF Downloads 29
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From Aldini’s galvanization of human bodies to the Modern Prometheus

Marco Cambiaghi, André Parent
Abstract 20 | PDF Downloads 26
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The treaties on the origins of Forensic Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Hygiene

Barbara Pezzoni, Adelaide Tosi, Paola Badino
Abstract 7 | PDF Downloads 25
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Teaching and learning the History of Medicine in the university: some considerations after the students' final exams.

Emanuele Armocida, Nicolò Nicoli Aldini
Abstract 12 | PDF Downloads 26
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Letter to the Editor

Some examples of treatment for the aortic aneurysm in use during the Belle Époque

Andrea Cozza, Emanuele Armocida, Franco Grego, Maurizio Rippa Bonati
Abstract 42 | PDF Downloads 34
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Book Reviews

Anne L. Grauer (Editor), A companion to Paleopathology, Wiley-Blackwell New York 2016, pp. 626 (Euro 195,00)

Chiara Tesi
Abstract 9 | PDF Downloads 15
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Editorial

Editorial

Velantina Gazzaniga
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