Colophon Notes from the lessons on History of Medicine, taught to the students of the schools of medicine and nursing of the University of Cagliari, by Alessandro Riva, Professor Emeritus of Human Anatomy and of History of Medicine, Founder and Director (1991-2016) of the Museum of Clemente Susini's Anatomical Waxes. 2018 Edition. Reviewed and updated by Prof. Alessandro Riva (
[email protected]) in collaboration with Dr. Attilio Baghino. Editorial reviewers: Francesca Testa Riva and Alessandro Riva Ebook by Attilio Baghino Cover: Francesco Antonio Boi, watercolor by Gigi Camedda, Cagliari, 1978 courtesy of the picture-gallery, Olzai (Nuoro) Previous on line editions (2000) Editorial reviewer: Gabriele Conti. Webmastering: Andrea Casanova, Beniamino Orrù, Barbara Spina The translation of the 1st Italian version was made by Clive Prestt and revised by Alessandro Riva and Bernard Tandler. Acknowledgments Editorial staff of previous on line versions: Felice Loffredo, Marco Piludu Francesca Spina (less. 1); Lorenzo Fiorin (less. 2), Rita Piana (less. 3); Valentina Becciu (less. 4); Mario D'Atri (less. 5); Manuela Testa (less. 6); Raffaele Orrù (less. 7); Ramona Stara (less. 8), are the medical students, now practising physicians, who made notes of the Prof. Riva’s lessons in the academic year 1997-1998. © Copyright 2018, Università di Cagliari This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/. Owing to the extent of the subject and of the limited time allowed by the present curricular regulations, the outline of History of Medicine resulting from these notes is, necessarily, incomplete and based on personal choices.