I tarantati non vanno in manicomio

Abstract

The author conducted the research at the State Archives of Lecce, where he analyzed a series of documents from the Salento Interprovincial Psychiatric Hospital «G. Libertini» of Lecce (O.P.I.S.). The research is divided into two parts: the first was published in «Palaver» (2, 2023) and reports reports on hospitalized women from 1900 to 1950; This article completes the research and studies the documents concerning the men hospitalized in the facility. The aim of the study is to detect possible connections between clinical conduct and the phenomenon of tarantism, in the context of the Salento reality go the first half of the 20th century.