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C Pogliano1

  • 1Università di Trieste.

Nuncius
|January 1, 1994
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Italian medical professors promoted science and progress in their inaugural addresses over fifty years. They emphasized advancements in surgery, hygiene, and preventive medicine, aiming for national physical and social redemption.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical history
  • History of science
  • Sociology of medicine

Context:

  • Inaugural addresses of Italian university medical professors over a 50-year period.
  • Addresses reflect the self-perception and professional aspirations of medical academics.

Purpose:

  • To analyze the image projected by medical professors through their inaugural addresses.
  • To understand the role they envisioned for medicine in a unified Italy.

Summary:

  • Professors lauded science as the ultimate authority, highlighting progress in surgery, hygiene, and bacteriology.
  • They asserted expanding professional competences and promised national physical, moral, and social "redemption" through medical advancements.

Impact:

  • Reveals the evolving self-representation of medical academics and their societal ambitions.
  • Illustrates the integration of scientific progress into national identity narratives in post-unification Italy.