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Medicina Historica. Studies in History, Paleopathology, Bioethics and Anthropology of Health 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 field, in all its aspects. Medicina Historica publishes original and significant artic
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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2024)

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Published: 06-08-2024

Editorial

Editorial

Marta Licata
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Original articles: History of Medicine

A study on Macau’s role in the eastward spread of western medicine from the perspective of procedural grounded theory

Baoling Wu, Hanxiang Gong, Xi Wang
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History of pediatric surgical innovation and its course in the age of evidence-based medicine

Ewa Bućko, Patrycja Sosnowska-Sienkiewicz, Przemysław Mańkowski
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Dutch Colonialism and Role of Zending in Healthcare Services in Nias Island, 1865-1915

Junaidi, Peninna Simanjuntak, Junita Setiana Ginting, Kiki Maulana Affandi
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A debate about Nostalgia in the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia

Duccio Vanni
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Public Health Issues in Medan at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Kiki Maulana Affandi, Budi Agustono, Nurhabsyah, Junaidi, Muhammad Rasyidin
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Original articles: Bioethics

The right to be forgotten for cancer patients: a moral issue of justice

Rosagemma Ciliberti, Francesca Depaoli, Elena Dati
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Short report: History of Medicine

Soranus of Ephesus: the practice of neonatal manipulation in the history of ancient Western medicine

Silvia Iorio, Marco Cilione, Valentina Gazzaniga
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Review articles: History of Medicine

José María Vargas’ status as the father of medicine in Venezuela

Gabriel Andrade
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Letter to Editor: History of Medicine

The Italian publications of Constantin von Economo

Lazaros Triarhou
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Popular Audiology in the second half of the nineteenth century. The pedagogue Ferdinando Dobelli and the explanation of how sound and hearing work

Andrea Cozza
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