Treatment of ascites between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century: Brief historical summary

Affiliations

• ¹ Medical Humanities, Department of Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Italy. Electronic address: andrea.cozza@phd.unipd.it.
• ² UOC Pathological Anatomy, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Italy.
• ³ Former Medical Humanities, Department of Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy.
• ⁵ Former UOC Medical Clinic 5°, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Italy.