title: [Italian medical hydrology and contemporary medicine. Scientific features and usefulness in therapeutics].
abstract: The scientific features of our better medical Termalism from the first Convention of Italian Medical Association of Hydroclimatology, Bologna 1888 are here briefly illustrated. In the thirthies of this century, the Hydrological doctrine and studies about it are subjected to sistematically rigorous researches performed by Mariano Messini, his medical school and others. The matter is seen as Therapeutics branch. The Italian Medical Hydrology is well known in the world for his studies about physiopathology and therapeutic usefulness in some gastroenterological, rheumatological and respiratory diseases.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Idrologia Medica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grossi
mesh_terms: D001452:Balneology / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007558:Italy; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Termalismo scientifico italiano e medicina contemporanea. Aspetti significativi.