Fornaciari Gino
Dipartimento di Oncologia, dei Trapianti e delle Nuove Tecnologie in Medicina, Divisione di Paleopatologia, Storia della Medicina e Bioetica, Università di Pisa, Pisa, I.
Med Secoli. 2013;25(1):13-34.
In the last decades, paleopathologists have developed a growing interest in archaeological, anthropological, and medical disciplines. However, although there have been satisfactory results, which are reflected in numerous publications at the international level and in academic credits that,for example, have led to the establishment of an autonomous Division of Paleopathology (unique in an Italian University) at the Faculty of Medicine in Pisa, the future seems not so bright. Indeed, the lack of general interest that Italian institutions have shown toward research and the reduction of ministerial financial support, will result not only in a lack of a generational turnover among researchers, but also in the suspension or closure of the few paleopathology courses that are now running, and in the layoff of the small but excellent study groups currently working in the field.
在过去几十年里，古病理学家们对考古学、人类学和医学学科的兴趣与日俱增。然而，尽管已经取得了令人满意的成果，这体现在国际层面的大量出版物以及学术荣誉上，比如在比萨大学医学院设立了一个独立的古病理学部门（这在意大利大学中是独一无二的），但未来似乎并不那么光明。事实上，意大利机构对研究缺乏普遍兴趣以及部长级财政支持的减少，不仅将导致研究人员出现代际更替的缺失，还会导致目前仍在开设的少数古病理学课程被暂停或关闭，以及裁撤目前在该领域工作的规模虽小但优秀的研究团队。
