Himetop - The History of Medicine Topographical Database is a collaborative online open access database written in English and launched on December 22, 2007. It is a material culture project run by Italian academician and historian of medicine Luca Borghi at UniversitÃÂ Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy. Currently, the database has more than 5.000 records of all kinds of monuments, objects and places related to the history of medicine and others health-related topics. The database currently features items from about 40 countries.
The database contains (2025) items relating to about 1,400 people, mostly physicians and nurses of historical interest, but also health officers, hospital founders and scientists from different fields. Each country where Himetop project is developing has a dedicated Google Map to easily locate each item described in the database records.
The name Himetop is an acronym (HIstory of MEdicine TOPographical database) and is inspired by Imhotep, the egyptian "Father of Medicine" (c. 2686-30 B.C.E.).