Naples, today at the State Archives an exhibition and conference on the clinician Domenico Cotugno. “Domenico Cotugno. When no one could die in Naples without his permission”
Domenico Cotugno, born in 1736 to a peasant family from Ruvo di Puglia, has remained in the collective memory as the non plus ultra of doctors. He became, from the first years of his profession in the Capital of the Kingdom, the refugium peccatorum of the sick of any class. His name became a legend, reinforced by the popular saying, which has remained memorable in the collective imagination: “Yes Cotugno doesn't want it, no one in Naples dies”.
On the occasion of the Bicentenary of his death, the State Archives of Naples (piazzetta del Grande Archivio 5), which is in possession of numerous documents concerning him, intends to celebrate him today, Tuesday 25 October, at 10 am with a double event: the exhibition "Domenico Cotugno. When no one could die in Naples without his permission", curated by Candida Carrino and Marielva Torino, with a wealth of documentation, testimony to the fundamental role of Cotugno in the Neapolitan clinic, so much so as to deserve the nickname of "Neapolitan Hippocrates"; the conference "Galenic art from Cotugno to the present day - Reflections and practices", which moves away from celebrations to take a "practical approach".
After the institutional greetings of Michele Papa, Curator of the MuSA Anatomical Museum of the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” and the Mayor of Ruvo di Puglia, Pasquale Roberto Chieco, the following speeches will be given by: Agnese Miro, Director of the II level University Master in Magistral and Officinal Galenics of the University “Federico II” of Naples, on “Galenics: from empirical remedy to personalized medicine”; Gennaro Rispoli, Scientific Director of the Museum of Health Arts (MuSA), on: “The great mixing: the lesson of the historical Pharmacy of the Incurables”; Ettore Brunello Florio, professor of Galenics, on: Galenic art that becomes science; Margaret Scaramella, Garden Designer, on: The garden of simples and the art of healing; Marielva Torino, professor of archaeoanthropology, on: From Cotugno to Folinea, simples grown at home”; Wanda Marasco, writer, on: “Torre del Palasciano: fifth of the soul”. Moderator Candida Carrino, Director of the State Archives of Naples.
Article published on 25 October 2022 - 08:30
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