Paolo Francesco Peloso
Biographic Data
| ID | 8939252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paolo Francesco Peloso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paolo Francesco |
| FAMILY NAME | Peloso |
| SIGNATURE | PELOSO P F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mental Health Department, Genoa, Italy |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The abolition of capital punishment
Capital punishment was the source of lively debate in Italy, from unification in 1861 until 1888. The precedent for abolishing the death penalty had been set in Tuscany in 1786. This paper presents the arguments put forward by two eminent psychiatrists who opposed the death penalty, Carlo Livi and Andrea Verga. Livi set out his scientific case for abolition in two addresses given to the Accademia dei Fisiocritici in Siena in 1862. In 1889 Verga w…
Psychiatry in Genoa
The most important lines in the history of Genoese psychiatry are presented. Eight milestones can be identified: (1) the construction of the first madhouse in 1841; (2) the continual increase from that period in the number of in-patients, and the lack of adequate accommodation; (3) the beginning of the teaching of psychiatry at the University of Genoa; (4) the stormy debate on the construction of a great madhouse near Cogoleto; (5) the opening of…
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Hospital care of madness in the Turk sixteenth century according to the witness of G. A. Menavino from Genoa
Early in the sixteenth century G. A. Menavino from Genoa, a twelve-year-old, became a slave at the Court of Constantinople. His observations on the customs of the Turks, published in Venice in 1548 and in Florence in 1551, discuss some of the city's public buildings, including Timerahane which was devoted to the care and punishment of the mentally ill. In Menavino's description, mad people were taken to Timerahane in chains and shackled to the be…
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Hospital care of madness in the Turk sixteenth century according to the witness of G. A. Menavino from Genoa
Early in the sixteenth century G. A. Menavino from Genoa, a twelve-year-old, became a slave at the Court of Constantinople. His observations on the customs of the Turks, published in Venice in 1548 and in Florence in 1551, discuss some of the city's public buildings, including Timerahane which was devoted to the care and punishment of the mentally ill. In Menavino's description, mad people were taken to Timerahane in chains and shackled to the be…
News and Notes
Psychiatry in Genoa
The most important lines in the history of Genoese psychiatry are presented. Eight milestones can be identified: (1) the construction of the first madhouse in 1841; (2) the continual increase from that period in the number of in-patients, and the lack of adequate accommodation; (3) the beginning of the teaching of psychiatry at the University of Genoa; (4) the stormy debate on the construction of a great madhouse near Cogoleto; (5) the opening of…
The abolition of capital punishment
Capital punishment was the source of lively debate in Italy, from unification in 1861 until 1888. The precedent for abolishing the death penalty had been set in Tuscany in 1786. This paper presents the arguments put forward by two eminent psychiatrists who opposed the death penalty, Carlo Livi and Andrea Verga. Livi set out his scientific case for abolition in two addresses given to the Accademia dei Fisiocritici in Siena in 1862. In 1889 Verga w…
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