Emilio Respighi

Emilio Respighi (23 December 1860 – April 1936) was an Italian dermatologist born in Parma.

Biography

He was a member of the Cortemaggiore Respighi Family: Pietro Respighi, Cardinal and Archpriest of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Lorenzo Respighi, astronomer and Ottorino Respighi, composer, musicologist and conductor. Trained at the University of Parma, he specialized in dermatology.

In 1892 he described for the first time a dermatologic disease not yet known, which he called figurative centrifugal atrophic hyperkeratosis. In 1893 he taught at Bologna and in 1903 in Perugia, where he used x-ray to treat dermatological diseases.

From 1924 he was consultant for the spa di Tabiano, then for the spa of Salsomaggiore Terme from 1926 to 1932. In November 1932 he retired to Milan where he died in April 1936.

In 1959 the today's Tabiano spa was dedicated in his name.

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