title: [Oscar Giacchi and 'spermatic malincholy'].
abstract: Oscar Giacchi was the Director of the Psychiatric Hospital in Racconigi. In one of this works, he presented the clinical case of a malinconic patient affected by a jealousy delirium. The article analyzes the text in the light of Giacchi's scientific production and according to the principal psychiatric theories at the and of XIX century.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, I. massimo.aliverti@fastwebnet.it
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aliverti
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007578:Jealousy; D008297:Male; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D012746:Sexual Abstinence / Q000266:history