This book categorizes the lectures held during the 2nd International Meeting on Medicine and Pathology organized by the Working Group History of Pathology of the European Society of Pathology in Padua, Italy in 2015. This content was influenced by the celebration of the 500th birth year of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) and this occasion was used to highlight his role in anatomic research.
The first part of the book is therefore dedicated to the importance of Vesalius work, with original contributions on his life, his work and his historical context. The second part contains a variety of papers on the history and medicine and pathology, such as papers about historical aspects of cardiac disease (congenital disorders, heart transplantation, famous people affected by heart disease) and lectures about historical medical collections and other issues. The third part contains interesting medical biographies about persons who had an enormous impact on medical thinking e.g. Norman Barrett, Herman Boerhaave, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, John Morgan, Santiago Ramon y Cajal, and John Snow.