A case of Kennedy terminal ulcer in a 17th-century Italian mummy

• Main Authors: Mirko Traversari (Author), Luca Ventura (Author), Aleksander Sebastian Iwaszczonek (Author), Elisabetta Cilli (Author), Marco Longoni (Author), Gianandrea Pasquinelli (Author), Giancarlo Troncone (Author), Arturo Brunetti (Author), Davide Melandri (Author), Claudio Bellevicine (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Giacomo Torno was born in 1539 (or 1541) in Naples. At the age of 18 he joined the Clerics Regular Theatines in San Paolo Maggiore and was welcomed on 30 October 1558. He suffered a stroke on 4 December 1608 and died 45 days later. Contemporary sources report that he appeared to be tormented by the...