Article ID: CBB494656602

Empiricism and Common Sense: the Management of Public Health in the Kingdom of Sicily (1575-1860) (2020)

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The research outlines the evolution of the public health management system in the Kingdom of Sicily between the second half of the 16th century and the first half of the 19th century, emphasizing the specific features of the Sicilian case and highlighting the possible causes. It frames the evolution of public health institutions in Sicily both in the process of centralization and organization of the administrative apparatus of modern State, and in the development of medical theories concerning contagion. Through the analysis of the legislation and of the documentation produced by the competent bodies, it has been proved that there is no break in continuity in the activity of the various institutions that manage public health along the time span investigated. Special attention is devoted to the role of doctors within these institutions and to the relationship with medical science. The analysis shows that the competent bodies based their choices on an empirical approach, making prudential choices that took into account both the miasmatic theory and the contagionist theory.

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Authors & Contributors
Lina Scalisi
Alberto Luongo
Cilli, Elisabetta
Giulia Delogu
Alibrandi, Rosamaria
Geddes da Filicaia, Marco
Concepts
Public health
Epidemics
Medicine and politics
Medicine
Medicine and society
Plague
Time Periods
Early modern
17th century
Medieval
19th century
18th century
Republic of Venice (697–1797)
Places
Italy
Sicily
Europe
Venice (Italy)
Spain
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