01342nas a2200157   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001500054700001600069700001300085245006000098300001200158490000800170520099200178022001401170       2020                            d  c06/20201 aBarabino G1 aAgnoletti A1 aParodi A00aGenoa and leprosy: from the Middle Ages to the present.  a346-3480 v1553 a<p>During the Middle Ages, leprosy sufferers could not live in the city and were forced outside the walls. In the centuries, the Genoese area dedicated several hospitals to lepers, such as S. Lazzaro and Pammatone Hospital, a small leprosarium in the Tigullio area and San Martino Hospital from 1935. The first doctor who recognized to cure leprosy in Genoa was Goffredo, who later was also nominated rector of the community. In the early 1900's, Radaeli promoted the construction of a leprosarium behind the San Martino hospital. In 1936 Giuseppe Mariani was known for using the leprosarium to hide Italian Jews during deportation to the extermination camps. Later, Professor Aldo Baccaredda-Boy instituted the graduate school in "Leprosy and Tropical Dermatology", continued by professor Enrico Nunzi until 1990. The leprosarium was then transformed into the Department of Tropical Dermatology and finally into the Operative Unit of Social Dermatology, a national reference center.</p>  a1827-1820