title: The treatment of tuberculosis in Ferrara (Italy) in the 19th century.
abstract: The present work is a review of the remedies in use in Ferrara against tuberculosis in the 1800s. The work started from the discovery of accounts describing methods and remedies. These remedies were also in use world wide. Of particular interest is the work by Antonio Campana, a famous professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Botany in Ferrara, who wrote a pharmacopoeia which had several editions between 1797 and 1841. The Farmacopea Ferrarese was addressed to the apothecaries of Ferrara. Nevertheless, due to its great reputation it had an international distribution. It provided us with an exhaustive view about the medical field in Ferrara in the early 1800s. The remedies adopted in the city in the second half of the century were in line with those present abroad. The work was also supported by the discovery of statistical accounts of the Sant'Anna hospital from 1871. The manuscript written by Alessandro Bennati enabled elucidation of the methods used to treat tuberculosis in the second half of the century. Bennati's work is an historical document completed by the work of the physician Cesare Minerbi.
authors: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy.
authors: Chiara Beatrice
authors: CB
authors: Vicentini
authors: Donatella
authors: D
authors: Mares
authors: Enrica
authors: E
authors: Guidi
authors: Lauretta
authors: L
authors: Angelini
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Contini
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Manfredini
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000266:history*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D014373:Tuberculin