history of medicine

Language contact and the transmission of medical knowledge: from the Ancient Near East to Central Asia

Language contact and the transmission of medical knowledge: from the Ancient Near East to Central Asia

The aim of the project is to investigate the formation, transmission and adaptation of medical knowledge and related technical vocabulary through contact linguistic analysis in multilingual and multicultural environments of ancient Eastern societies. The main topics of investigation are the following: 1. The transmission of Indian medicine in Central Asia; 2. The formation of medical knowledge in the Hittite kingdom; 3. Medicine and botany in the Zoroastrian world. These topics give rise to several sub-issues that will be explored through specific sub-projects.

The teaching of medical history in universities today

The teaching of the History of Medicine in Italian universities is included in the Scientific Sector Guidelines
Med02 (History of Medicine, Bioethics, Medical Pedagogy, Paleopathology, Scientific Museology) and is provided
to students of various medical and surgical degree courses – the three-year degree and master’s programs .
At the crossroads with the historical and bioethical teachings, this area of study is not simply part of the student’s
cultural enrichment, due to the fact that the history of medicine today proves to be increasingly fundamental in

Making the Difference in Occupational Health: Three Original and Significant Cases Presented at ICOH Congresses in the 20th Century

Background: The aim of this study is to illustrate the historical role of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) Congresses as an arena where national and international occupational medicine can dialogue and as the first example of scientific transferability of the research and prevention results that have had such an impact on global public health.

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