title: The treatment of scrofula in Ferrara (Italy) in the 19th century.
abstract: The therapeutic approaches used against scrofula in the 19th Century in Ferrara are discussed. In the manuscripts and treatises of the time treasured in the town's libraries, hygienic and dietetic rules and treatment of this illness were described. In particular, baths and mineral water spas (sulphurous, ferruginous and other mineral waters, such as a bromo-iodine-salt water) and the sea-bathing establishment were recommended. The remedies reported in Campana's Pharmacopoeia ferrarese and the efficacious treatments employed in St Anna Hospital are discussed. The Committee and its President, Marquis Giovanni Manfredini, decided to cure the scrofulous in bathing establishments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara Beatrice
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Vicentini
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Altieri
authors.forename: Enrica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guidi
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Contini
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manfredini
mesh_terms: D001452:Balneology / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D018601:King's Evil / Q000266:history*; D008900:Mineral Waters / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic / Q000266:history*; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D008900:Mineral Waters