Nationality Italian Institution University of Genoa Fields Medicine | Name Rocco Jemma Institutions University of Genoa | |
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Born August 16, 1866
Laureana di Borrello, Calabria ( 1866-08-16 ) Died March 24, 1949, Naples, Italy | ||
Rocco Jemma (1866–1949) was an Italian pediatrician.
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.
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