An extraordinary testimonial of thermal rehabilitation: Giuseppe Garibaldi - 2011: 150th Anniversary of the Italian Unification.
On the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Italian Unification, the discovery of some letters by Giuseppe Garibaldi - referring to a period of thermal treatments at the Baths in Civitavecchia (Rome) - gave us the opportunity for writing a commentary about a not well known experience in the Two World Hero's life: the numerous treatments carried out at many Italian spa centres for treating a rheumatic pathology (probably a rheumatoid polyarthritis) and the outcomes of various war wounds, especially the famous gunshot-wound in his right ankle during the Battle of Aspromonte, in 1862.
Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. giu_cannata@teletu.it
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D001452:Balneology / Q000266:history*; D015709:Correspondence as Topic / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000266:history / Q000534:rehabilitation*