A historical follow-up on the medical diaries about the patient is made, from the
 Hippocratic texts to the appearance of the current canon of the clinical history
 formulated by Boerhaave in the seventeenth century, through the medieval
 consilia
 and the
 curationes
 and
 observationes
 of the Renaissance; and it is discussed how
 much the patient's story is present in those writings. It is postulated that the medical
 narrative that starts from adequately listening to the patient and his story, and adopts
 a literary workshop format, it is a pedagogical tool that contributes to comprehensive
 medical training, and offers the patient the opportunity to be treated in an empathic
 and humanized environment