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name is linked to De Toni-Fanconi-Debré syndrome), who investigated the possible relationship between Jennerian vaccination and the alterations of hema- topoiesis.102
In the '30s, Haematologica continued to host articles also from various foreign countries, including the United States (Harvard University and Jefferson Medical College ofPhiladelphia).103-110 Thejournalwasatthattimethefun- damental forum for activities related to hematology in Italy and in 1935 became the official journal of the Italian Society of Hematology, publishing its acts, statutes and regulatory guidelines.
In 1940, with Europe thrown into the turmoil of the Second World War, Haematologica celebrated its twenti- eth anniversary with an impressive volume in honor of the founder Adolfo Ferrata, promoted by his most illus- trious pupil Di Guglielmo. Di Guglielmo undersigned the introduction, dedicated with great affection to his teacher, and was himself the author of an extensive study of the pathology of the spleen.111 Of course, the war completely interrupted the flow of scientific contri- butions from abroad. Among the many works that came from Italy, one stood out clearly and was signed by Edoardo Storti with his collaborator Mario Brotto (who had graduated just two years before).112 It was a statisti- cal and clinical-pathological study of 157 cases of leukemias which clearly took a position in favor of the old hypothesis, sustained between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries by Hugo Ribbert (1855-1920), Guido Banti (1852-1925) and other pathologists, that leukemias were neoplastic diseases, in stark contrast to the view presented by Ferrata, Otto Naegeli (1871-1938), and other clinicians who instead claimed them to be hyperplastic illnesses. This testifies to the liberal atmos-
phere that so characterized the Pavia Medical Clinic and the original raison d'être of Haematologica directed by Ferrata, who, in honor of the freedom of research, allowed one of his pupils to advocate ideas diametrically opposed to those he himself supported. The topic was
Figure 7. Edoardo Storti.
Table 1. Haematologica Impact Factor for the years 1982-2018.
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