Tag: Paola Lenzi
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The historical hospital of Santa Chiara in Pisa
Paola LenziGianfranco NatalePisa, Italy The historical Ospedale di Santa Chiara (Santa Chiara’s Hospital), located beside the beautiful Square of Miracles, traces its roots to A.D 325, when the Emperor Constantine issued a set of rules that imposed Christian charity, relief of the poor, and the construction of a hospital in each city. The emperor wanted…
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Pacini’s corpuscles and occult sciences
Gianfranco NatalePaola Lenzi Italy The year 2012 was the bicentenary of the birth of the anatomist and pathologist Filippo Pacini. Born in Pistoia (Tuscany) in 1812, he studied and worked there until 1840; then moved to Pisa and finally to Florence in 1847.1 While still a medical student in Pistoia, he described the corpuscles present along…