«Dalla sanità all’agonia è un terribile viaggio». Malattia e medicina nelle prose di Pietro Verri

The article is devoted to define the lines of Pietro Verri’s interventions in the field of medical science (and its health and social implications) through his prose writings: the first satirical almanacs; the articles published in «Il Caffè»; the autobiographical writings; the public memorial works (on his friend Paolo Frisi, who died after a reckless surgical operation); the reflections of a private nature (the letters to his brother Alessandro, with a rich catalogue of clinical relations on diseases of friends, relatives and acquaintances, and the thoughts dedicated to his daughter Teresa, in tune with the most advanced pediatric and pedagogical positions).