Monographic series on History of Medicine by L’Erma di Bretschneider are open to medico historical researches in all their meanings and approaches, such as history of medical ideas, history of health practices (clinical, experimental, public health), history of diseases and biological evolution in connection with diseases, history of health institutions (Hospices, Lazarettos, Clinics, Hospitals, Speciality Institutions, Schools and Universities, political Health Institutions), medical museology, medical historiography, medical biographies and paleopathology. It accepts original contributions on issues from prehistory to contemporary time, discussed by a sound documentary basis and clear exposition, inserted in the general context of the evolution of human thought and civilization, preferably able to cast new light not only on the past, but also on the present time.