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To celebrate Prof.rs Vittorio Del Vecchio and Salvatore Ugo D'Arca, respectively the sixth and the seventh director of the Institute of Hygiene of the University of Rome, the Authors present and discuss the conferences on The climate of Rome given by Prof. Corrado Tommasi-Crudeli, founder and first director of such an Institute back in 1885. Particularly, the Authors illustrate the six tables shown by the speaker, which represent the scientific basis for the reclamation of Roman "Agro", affected by malaria at that time.
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Academias e Institutos/historia , Higiene/historia , Geografía , Historia del Siglo XIX , Malaria/epidemiología , Ciudad de Roma , AguaRESUMEN
The Authors have studied documents dating from the era of the Pharaohs, that is to say: the papyruses of Ebers and Smith, and have come to the conclusion that the recent claims by some archaeologists that the Egyptian workmen who built the Pyramids, were protected by health regulations and not treated as slaves, is true. This is a new interpretation of Egyptian history, because up to now, it has always been thought that the workmen were slaves. The construction of the Pharaoh's tomb was a team work including members of the upper classes (architects, physicians) and the lower classes (masons, workmen) and was the demonstration of a contribution and a symbol of recognition from all members of the team to the head of the society (the Pharaoh), who was their employer and took their interests into consideration e.g. health regulations. The Authors have also deduced from other sources of information that a public health system and welfare organization, comparable to our present day Legislative Decree 626/94, did in fact exist in the ancient world.