Rocco Jemma

Rocco Jemma (1866–1949) was an Italian pediatrician.

Rocco Jemma
Born(1866-08-16)August 16, 1866
DiedMarch 24, 1949(1949-03-24) (aged 82)
Nationality Italian
Scientific career
Fieldsmedicine
InstitutionsUniversity 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.
  • Italo Farnetani, Francesca Farnetani, La top twelve della ricerca italiana, « Minerva Pediatrica» 2015; 67 (5): pp.437-450 .
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