[Giuseppe Saverio Poli: magnetic therapy in Palermo at the beginning of XIX cent].
The article presents a not well known text written by Giuseppe Saverio Poli, one of the most important South italian scientist, living and working between the end of XVIII century and the first years of XIX century. The Breve saggio sulle virtù curative della calamita, printed in Palermo in 1811, is a short text devoted to one of the most controversial scientific topic of those years, magnetic therapy.
Istituto per la storia del pensiero filosofico e scientifico moderno, CNR Napoli, Italia.
Roberto
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Mazzola
D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D055909:Magnetic Field Therapy / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D010825:Physics / Q000266:history; D011057:Politics; D012648:Self Care; D012802:Sicily; D012922:Social Change