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Antonino Longo: The school of Concetti and the birth of paediatrics in Catania
No full textThe biography of Antonino Longo gives us the opportunity to gain knowledge in, even in everyday life, Luigi Concetti's school of paediatrics in Rome, the state of the art in some infectious diseases,and the reality of paediatrics in Catania where Longo founded University teachings and organised health care for children
[Macciotta's disease and the biography of Giuseppe Macciotta]
No full textGiuseppe Macciotta directed the Pediatric Clinic of Cagliari in Sardinia. He dedicated his work to the study of pathology present in Sardinia and the Mediterranean basin area, He identified a variant of the β thalassemia major (homozygote Cooley's disease). He defined this variant as subchronic erythroblastosis, referred to by many as Macciotta's disease. Subchronic erythroblastosis, whose symptoms include earlier onset and a more difficult course of illness, was characterized by appearance generally at the beginning of the second trimester of the baby's life, and a course of illness between 5 and 10 months and a fatal outcome. The picture of the illness was dominated by hyperemolysis, erythroblastemia, medullar erythroblastosis and hyperbilirubinemia. The rapid course of the illness did not even allow time to damage the skeleton, and thus produced the formation of typical skeletal alterations and cardiomegalia. In the years which followed, transfusional and precocious and rational therapies were carried out which permitted the abeyance of the debilitating course of Macciotta's disease. The symptomatology was interrupted before any picture of greater or lesser seriousness could be drawn
[Pediatrics in Arezzo: a millennium]
No full textThe analysis of the evolution of Pediatrics in Arezzo, from 1100 until today, has been a very positive contribution to the study of pediatric history. It explains health problems and the true suburban environment allowing to verify the effective and operational applications of the laws issued by the central governments. In particular, it describes the care given to foundlings, the development of hospital facilities and the case of the six children who died of sepsis in 1959
Eugenio Schwarz Tiene was the pioneer of the study of congenital metabolic disorders
No full textEugenio Schwarz Tiene was a key player in the field of Italian Paediatrics for over 30 years, dating back to 1946, when he became director of the Paediatrics Clinic at the University of Sassari and retired in 1976. During this period, he focused on developing the study of congenital metabolic disorders. At that time, very few types were known; subsequently, due to the introduction of new methods of diagnostic research, several thousand types were discovered. Also during this period, Eugenio Schwarz Tiene realised that scientific progress would require specialized training for specialist paediatricians. On this basis, he took charge of the organisation of the clinic in Milan, and, as a result, it was possible, after his retirement, to define a structure of Milanese clinics and hospitals in such a way as to create a series of paediatric centres, each with its own specialized direction. Thus the system currently in use in hospitals and universities can be traced to the one founded in Milan in 1976 by Tiene during his retirement
La top twelve della ricerca pediatrica italiana (una "spigolatura storica") [The top twelve most important discoveries made by Italian pediatric researchers]
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Alessandro Laurinsich, the key player in the progress of paediatrics in the 20th century
No full textAlessandro Laurinsich was one of the greatest Italian paediatricians of the 20(th) century. He was born in Monfalcone (it was the province of Trieste, but now it belongs to Gorizia) on 29(th) May 1899. After having completed secondary school in Trieste, he obtained a medical degree with honours in 1922 at the University of Naples and entered the paediatric clinic run by Rocco Jemma. Laurinsich was in charge of teaching at the clinic of infectious diseases from 1937 to 1940. During this period he focused on the study of tuberculosis in children, the first applications of pnemoencephalography in Italy, but also studied different malignant tumors of the kidney, neurological and psychological disorders in children, as well as educational problems. In 1940 he had a teaching post in the peadiatric clinic at the University of Siena and remained until 1945 when he moved to Parma. He worked with illegitimate children as well as evacuees. During the 1945-46 academic year, Alessandro Laurinsich was called to direct the paediatric clinic of Parma University where he created a series of paediatric centres and took many initiatives in the area. In 1961 he was offered the paediatric teaching post at the University of Milan, but inexplicably refused it. He was Dean of the faculty of Medicine from 1956 to 1968. He passed away on 2(nd) February 1969 in Parma
Libero Martoni: The paediatrician who brought "Nelson" to Italy
No full textLibero Martoni, director of the paediatric clinic in Bologna, brought the study of paediatrics to Italy and through an accurate and precise translation, introduced him to Italian paediatricians. Since 1955, the year of the first Italian translation, it has remained to today the fundamental text of paediatrics. It brought a remarkable contribution to the field of puericulture, hepatology and oncohematolgy, both in research and in manuals
[Who was the very first teacher of paediatrics in Italy?]
No full textIt has always been said that the first teachings of paediatrics in Italy were those of Dante Cervesato in Padua. However, documents indicate the historic groundlessness of such information. During the period after the unification of Italy and before Cervesato, teaching was carried out in Venice, Siena, Naples and Genoa. The first teaching post with a teaching hospital was founded in 1882 and appointed to Moisè Raffael Levi as a temporary professor following a national exam in Florence. Cervesato began lessons in May 1882, nevertheless was put in charge without a ward which was only assigned to him in 1889. He became temporary professor in 1885, 13 years after Levi. One cannot conclude without mentioning Aurelio Bianchi, Professor Levi's assistant, who had to abandon his university career in order to become head of the "Meyer" hospital in Florence due to the death of his predecessor
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