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                  <text>Dr. Marta Pizzagalli &lt;br /&gt;USI Università della Svizzera italiana &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The work is the result of Marta Pizzagalli’s doctoral thesis (ongoing), supervised by Prof. Marco Maggi&lt;/em&gt;</text>
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                <text>Lettere dall'India. Glorie italiane all'estero. - Gli orrori del paradiso (3)</text>
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                <text>Text reference edition: Guido Gozzano, "Verso la cuna del mondo. Lettere dall'India", a cura di Alida D'Aquino Creazzo, Firenze, Olschki, 1984.</text>
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                <text>Prosa pubblicata su «Bianco, rosso e verde», 15 gennaio 1916, pp. 10-15.
Racconta il viaggio in automobile attraverso la ricca vegetazione di Colombo (Sri Lanka) in compagnia di Aldo Castellani, illustre medico italiano, direttore della clinica di medicina tropicale di Colombo. L'arrivo all'ospedale apre alla descrizione di malattie tropicali quali l'elefantiasi e la framboesia tropica.
Conclude la firma "a mano" di Guido Gozzano seguita da una nota del direttore che presenta e contestualizza le "Lettere dall'India" di Guido Gozzano.</text>
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                <text>Prose published on «Bianco, rosso e verde», 15th Januray 1916, pp. 10-15.
It tells the story of a car journey through the rich vegetation of Colombo (Sri Lanka) in the company of Aldo Castellani, a renowned Italian doctor and director of the Tropical Medicine Clinic in Colombo. The arrival at the hospital starts the description of tropical diseases such as elephantiasis and tropical framboesia.
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                <text>N.B. Le immagini sono descritte seguendo l'ordine di impaginazione sulla singola pagina: dunque da sinistra a destra e dall'alto al basso. La loro numerazione potrebbe non coincidere con l'ordine narrativo.
Fig. 1 fotografia di una persona con il volto e la gamba deformati dall'elefantiasi. Dimensioni: ca. 8x12 cm. Posizione: facciata sinistra, in alto a destra.
Fig. 2 fotografia di un uomo con la caviglia deformata dall'elefantiasi. L'immagine è firmata "M. Jos. de Silva, Colombo". Dimensioni: ca. 8x11 cm. Posizione: facciata sinistra, in basso a sinistra.
Fig. 3 fotografia di un ragazzo affetto da framboesia tropica. L'immagine è firmata "M. Jos. de Silva, Colombo". Dimensioni: ca. 8x12 cm. Posizione: facciata destra, in alto a sinistra.
Fig. 4 disegno che rappresenta l'agente patogeno della malattia del sonno. Dimensioni: ca. 6x6 cm. Posizione: facciata destra, in basso a sinistra.
Fig. 5 fotografia della mosca Tsé-tsé, responsabile della diffusione della malattia del sonno. L'immagine è usata come postfazione. Dimensioni: ca. 8x12 cm. Posizione: facciata destra, in basso a destra.</text>
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Fig. 1 photograph of a person with a face and leg deformed by elephantiasis. Dimensions: ca. 8x12 cm. Position: left page, top right.
Fig. 2 photograph of a man with an ankle deformed by elephantiasis. The image is signed "M. Jos. de Silva, Colombo". Dimensions: ca. 8x11 cm. Position: left page, bottom left.
Fig. 3 photograph of a boy with framboesia tropica. The image is signed "M. Jos. de Silva, Colombo". Dimensions: ca. 8x12 cm. Position: right page, top left.
Fig. 4 drawing of the pathogen of sleeping sickness. Dimensions: ca. 6x6 cm. Position: right page, bottom left.
Fig. 5 photograph of the Tsé-tsé fly, responsible for the spread of sleeping sickness. The image is placed as an afterword. Dimensions: ca. 8x12 cm. Position: right page, bottom right.</text>
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                <text>Fig. 1 didascalia: "Elefantiasi e gozzo".
Fig. 2 didascalia: "Elefantiasi al 2° stadio".
Fig. 3 didascalia: "Framboesia Tropica".
Fig. 4 didascalia: "Tripanosoma Gambiense. Agente della malattia del sonno. Varie forme tratte dal sangue e dal liquido cerebro-spinale".
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                <text>Fig. 1 caption: "Elephantiasis and goitre" (Eng. transl.).
Fig. 2 caption: "Stage 2 elephantiasis" (Eng. transl.).
Fig. 3 caption: "Tropical Framboesia" (Eng. transl.).
Fig. 4 caption: "Trypanosoma Gambiense. Agent of sleeping sickness.Various forms from blood and cerebrospinal fluid" (Eng. transl.).
Fig. 5 caption: "Tsé-tsé" (Eng. transl.).</text>
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                <text>Lettere dall'India. Glorie italiane all'estero. - Gli orrori del paradiso (2)</text>
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                <text>Prosa pubblicata su «Bianco, rosso e verde», 15 gennaio 1916, pp. 10-15.
Racconta il viaggio in automobile attraverso la ricca vegetazione di Colombo (Sri Lanka) in compagnia di Aldo Castellani, illustre medico italiano, direttore della clinica di medicina tropicale di Colombo. L'arrivo all'ospedale apre alla descrizione di malattie tropicali quali l'elefantiasi e la framboesia tropica.
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                <text>N.B. Le immagini sono descritte seguendo l'ordine di impaginazione sulla singola pagina: dunque da sinistra a destra e dall'alto al basso. La loro numerazione potrebbe non coincidere con l'ordine narrativo.
Fig. 1 fotografia della riva del mare vista dall'alto, su cui si affaciano le palme. Una persona cammina sulla spiaggia in lontananza. Dimensioni: ca. 8x12 cm. Posizione: facciata sinistra, in alto a destra.
Fig. 2 fotografia della fitta vegetazione tropicale. Stessa fotografia presente in "Un Natale a Ceylon", qui tagliata. Dimensioni: ca. 8x11 cm. Posizione: facciata sinistra, in basso a sinistra.
Fig. 3 fotografia della fitta vegetazione tropicale. Si vede una grande pianta a cui si affianca una persona vestita di bianco, piccola in confronto. Dimensioni: ca. 8x12 cm. Posizione: facciata destra, in alto a sinistra.
Fig. 4 fotografia di due gambe affette da elefantiasi. L'immagine è firmata "M. Jos. de Silva, Colombo". Dimensioni: ca. 8x11 cm. Posizione: facciata destra, in basso a destra.</text>
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                <text>Please note: the images are described below following a layout-based order, i.e. from left to right and from top to bottom on the single page. Their numbering may not coincide with the narrative order.
Fig. 1 photograph of the seashore seen from above, overlooked by palm trees. A human figure walks on the beach in the distance. Dimensions: ca. 8x12 cm. Position: left page, top right.
Fig. 2 photograph of the dense tropical vegetation. Same photograph as in "Un Natale a Ceylon", here cropped. Dimensions: ca. 8x11 cm. Position: left page, bottom left.
Fig. 3 photograph of the dense tropical vegetation. There is a huge tree flanked by a person dressed in white, small in comparison. Dimensions: ca. 8x12 cm. Position: right page, top left.
Fig. 4 photograph of two human legs suffering from elephantiasis. The image is signed "M. Jos. de Silva, Colombo". Dimensions: ca. 8x11 cm. Position: right page, bottom right.</text>
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                <text>Fig. 1 didascalia: "....tutti i più delicati esemplari di serra calda....".
Fig. 2 didascalia: "....una vegetazione che sembra sfuggita all'epoche carbonifere....".
Fig. 3 didascalia: "....il paesaggio è qualche volta troppo ornamentale....".
Fig. 4 didascalia: "Elefantiasi al piede".</text>
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                <text>Fig. 1 caption: "....the most delicate warm greenhouse specimens...." (Eng. transl.).
Fig. 2 caption: "....a vegetation that seems to have escaped the coal age...." (Eng. transl.).
Fig. 3 caption: "....the landscape is sometimes too ornamental...." (Eng. transl.).
Fig. 4 caption: "Foot elephantiasis" (Eng. transl.).</text>
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