Rocco Jemma
Rocco Jemma (1866–1949) was an Italian pediatrician.
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| Born | August 16, 1866 |
| Died | March 24, 1949 (aged 82) |
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| Fields | medicine |
| Institutions | University of Genoa |
Biography
In 1893 he became Director of Pediatric Clinic in Palermo. He hold this position until 1914 when he left it to his pupil Giovanni Di Cristina and got the same role in Naples. His studies focused mainly on the infectious (confirmation of the etiology of the leishmaniasis parasite, vaccine therapy of typhoid, paratyphoid, melitense infection) and nutrition (infant nutrition disorders). In 1929 new Pediatric Clinic in Naples was inaugurated under his direction.
Bibliography
- Italo Farnetani, Rocco Jemma il più grande pediatra italiano, Cogral, Limbadi (VV) 2006, pp. 74.
- Italo Farnetani, Storia della pediatria italiana, Società Italiana di Pediatria, Genova, 2008, pp. 72–73, 76, 80-81. ISBN 978-88-905768-0-5
- Giuseppe Caronia, "Rocco Jemma (1866 - 1949) in <<LA PEDIATRIA>>. Estratto. Anno LVII. 1949.
External links
- (in Italian) Biography
- Italo Farnetani, Jemma, Roccoo, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani. Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana; 2004. Vol. 62, pp. 193 -196. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/rocco-jemma_(Dizionario-Biografico)/
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