About the Journal
MEDICINA HISTORICA 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 History of Medicine, Bioethics and Paleopathology.
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Retrieving the doctor-patient relationship in the “language of things” of a medical history museum
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Francesco La Cava (1877-1958): humanist physician of the early twentieth century
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The Balmis expedition of 1803 and the debate about the merits of Spanish colonialism
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The mummy of the Lebanese national hero, Youssef Bey Karam (1823-1889): an emblematic palaeopathological case.
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A brand-new stethoscope for John Keats
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Antonio Scarpa: an ethnophysician, a doctor-periodeuta, a disease ecologist
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Healthcare-related Itinerary in a Multicultural City in Northern Italy
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Communication in the context of scientific museums
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Sharing ethics of displaying human remains in museums
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Body petrification in Italy. Another recipe of the 19th century revealed.
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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 129 | PDF Downloads 71Page e2020003
Medical approach to disability. A history of a multifaceted relationship
Abstract 46 | PDF Downloads 33Page e2020002
Review articles: History of Medicine
Historical gender gap in the authorship of the most impacted general nursing journals: a cohort descriptive study.
Abstract 44 | PDF Downloads 29Page 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 55 | PDF Downloads 49Page e2020005
The Babiński sign: from “toes phenomenon” to “great toe phenomenon”
Abstract 29 | PDF Downloads 27Page e2020006
Original articles: Paleopathology
Dental palaeopathology seen through historical, archaeological and biological sources in ancient Herculaneum (79 AD, Italy)
Abstract 46 | PDF Downloads 30Page e2020007
Case report: Paleopathology
Exhumation and anthropological study of the skeletal remains attributed to Liutprand, King of the Lombards (c. 690-744 AD)
Abstract 35 | PDF Downloads 36Page e2020008
Original articles: Bioethics
Adult stem cells in cardiovascular medicine: historical overview and ethical issues
Abstract 25 | PDF Downloads 15Page e2020011
Medicine education through a Gender lens
Abstract 30 | PDF Downloads 18Page e2020010
The contribution of ethical reflection during the Coronavirus pandemic. A comparative analysis.
Abstract 85 | PDF Downloads 47Page e2020009
Book reviews
Book reviews
Abstract 33 | PDF Downloads 28Page e2020012