Rocco Jemma (August 16, 1866 – March 24, 1949) was an Italian pediatrician.
Biography
Jemma became Director of Pediatric Clinic in
Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...
in 1893. He held this position until 1914 when he left it to his pupil
Giovanni Di Cristina and took the same role in
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
. 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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, ''Rocco Jemma il più grande pediatra italiano'', Cogral, Limbadi (VV) 2006, pp. 74.
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, ''Storia della pediatria italiana'', Società Italiana di Pediatria, Genova, 2008, pp. 72–73, 76, 80–81.
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Giuseppe Caronia, "Rocco Jemma (1866 - 1949) in <
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*Italo Farnetani
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* ''Italo'' (film), a 2014 comedy film
*Italo crime, a genre of crime film
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, Francesca Farnetani, ''La top twelve della ricerca italiana'', « Minerva Pediatrica» 2015; 67 (5): pp. 437–450 .
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*Italo-, a prefix indicating a relation to Italy or Italians
* Italo (given name), given name
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* ''Italo'' (film), a 2014 comedy film
*Italo crime, a genre of crime film
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, ''Qualche notazione di storia della pediatria, in margine alla V edizione di Pediatria Essenziale'', Postfazione. In Burgio G.R.( (a cura di). Pediatria Essenziale. 5a Ed. Milano: Edi-Ermes; 2012. . vol. 2°, pp. 1757–1764.
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Biography
* Italo Farnetani
Italo may refer to:
*Italo-, a prefix indicating a relation to Italy or Italians
* Italo (given name), given name
Film
* ''Italo'' (film), a 2014 comedy film
*Italo crime, a genre of crime film
Music genres
*Italo disco
*Italo dance
*Italo hou ...
, ''Jemma, Roccoo'', Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani. Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana; 2004. Vol. 62, pp. 193 –196. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/rocco-jemma_(Dizionario-Biografico)/
1866 births
1949 deaths
People from the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria
Italian pediatricians
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