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This volume is a precious reference work for ancient Greek medicine and Hippocratic texts in particular. For each work of the so-called Hippocratic Corpus, C. presents an overview, including short textual references, a summary of the contents, a brief commentary, the context within the ancient medical world and, finally, its dating.

Nowadays, nanoparticles are of great interest for the industry due to their numerous possible applications in several fields. Research on this topic seeks to develop many procedures to produce nanoparticles, mostly at lab scale, batch-wise and with low yield. These procedures generally do not suit industrial needs of continuous, high capacity production. Moreover, the product characteristics require targeting narrow particle size distributions and high quality, which is difficult to achieve by traditional equipment.

Primary Aldosteronism (PA) is the most frequent form of secondary hypertension [1]. Target treatment is important to reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications. Visual field defects and papilledema are reported in PA patients.

Viene descritta la storia di Antonio Maria Valsalva ed i suoi contributi che rappresentano la base della medicina moderna.

Si descrive l'importanza degli studi anatomici di Leonardo da Vinci nel gettare le basi della moderna fisiopatologia cardiovascolare