Medicina nei secoli
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Medicina nei secoli · Jan 2007
Historical Article[A wide-ranging project to the best use of S. Niccolo Psychiatric Hospital].
The S. Niccolò Psychiatric Hospital was one of the most important health institutions not only for Siena but for the entire Tuscan district and beyond. It was known to serve all the catchment area for mentally ill patients coming from other cities. ⋯ Niccolò. Thanks to the collaboration of a group of experts from various Faculties of the University of Siena, and beginning with a multidisciplinary study of S. Niccolò's history, the project proceeds to the identification of concrete actions of cultural policy as well.
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Medicina nei secoli · Jan 2007
Historical Article[Historical outline of the Museum of Pathological Anatomy in Florence].
The Museum of Pathological Anatomy, established in Florence in 1824, contains waxes of astounding beauty, almost photographic reproductions of the most common diseases in the 19th century. Work of eminent artists, such as L. ⋯ Tortori (1829-1893), the wax models are extraordinary examples of the symbiosis between art and science, and served to instruct medical students in pathology without resorting to corpse dissection. The Museum also houses a vast collection of anatomical specimens, preserved in formalin and easy to investigate by means of modern molecular techniques for the study of the aetiology and pathomorphosis of diseases in relation to the profound modifications in the composition and socio-economic conditions of the resident Florentine population over the 19th and 20th centuries.
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From various writings of the founder of the International Red Cross and above all from his late work L'avenir sanglant it is deduced as the Dunant anticipating and prophetically interpreting the curse of the war is an internationalist (for some aspects a romantic anarchist) and a convinced pacifist. We show therefore how much has been false and backbiters the defamations that followed to the attribution of the first Nobel prize for the peace.
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Medicina nei secoli · Jan 2007
Historical Article[The cult of Asklepios and the doctors in Greek epigraphical evidence].
Greek inscriptions afford several examples of the relationship between Asklepios, the god of medicine, and human doctors in Graeco-Roman Antiquity. Many dedications of steles, statues, altars and even sanctuaries were consecrated to Asklepios by physicians. Other physicians have undertaken the offices of zacorate or priesthood in the worship of Asklepios. ⋯ The aim of this paper is to explain these cult relations between Asklepios and the doctors. After the Asklepiads, doctors at Kos and Knidos, who were believed to be the descendants of Asklepios, all the ancient doctors were connected with Asklepios by their techne; the physician-god was the divine patron of the physicians. Furthermore although the doctors rejected the divine origin of the diseases, they acknowledged the healing power of the gods, especially Asklepios, and could seek his help.
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The evolution of the status of dwarfs in the Hellenistic and Roman period is witnessed by a number of evidence, mainly iconographic. This paper revisits extant representations at the light of ancient medical texts and physiognomics. Most objects relate short-statured people with the world of entertainement (musicians, athletes) and reveal their continuing function as good-luck bringers.