The Interdepartmental Centre for the History of Medicine (CISM) is promoted by the following Departments of the University of Padua: Cardiological, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health; Neurosciences, Medicine, Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology; Women’s and Children’s Health; Biomedical Sciences; Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology; Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World.