Review article

GIUSEPPE MOSCATI: A MAN, A PHYSICIAN AND A SCIENTIST

Giovanni Ponti ; Department of Clinical-Diagnostic Medicine and Public Health, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Felice D’Onofrio ; Institute of General Medicine, Therapy and Metabolic Disease, Second University of Naples, Italy
Cristel Ruini ; Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital LMU Munich, Germany
Umberto Muscatello ; Department of Life Sciences, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Aldo Tomasi ; Department of Clinical-Diagnostic Medicine and Public Health, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Abstract

The life of Giuseppe Moscati (1880-1927) as a man, as a physician and as a scientist may be framed within the cultural climate of Positivism, which spread over the last years of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th Century. His activity contributed to patients’ care improvement; in addition to meticulous drug regimens, he also prescribed a methodology of spiritual care, involving meditation and self-control as part of an holistic approach to healthcare. Our review deals with his published researches, highlighting the innovative findings on
the juvenile diabetes treatment and extensive clinical changes consequent upon nephritis.
This extraordinary man put considerable emphasis on primary care and holistic health in Italy, pioneering a new patient-centred, and holistic approach to medicine.

Keywords

Giuseppe Moscati; Clinical Pathology; Nephritis; Frederician University History, Juvenile diabetes

Hrčak ID:

142126

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/142126

Publication date:

15.6.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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