Luigi Caponaro was a healer in Naples and Gaeta, Italy

Italy

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 in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Caponaro received a medical degree in Naples but never practiced medicine per se due to a reported aversion to the sight of blood

Blood

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. Instead he roamed the streets of Naples and later Gaeta dispensing pro-bono medical advice and assistance to those in need.

Caponaro died in Gaeta at the age of 55 of cholera

Cholera

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He is mentioned in the works of Giambattista Basile

Giambattista Basile

Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while...

 and Giulio Cesare Cortese

Giulio Cesare Cortese

Giulio Cesare Cortese was an Italian author and poet.-Life:Born to a well-to-do family, nothing is known of Cortese's early life, though it is thought that he was a schoolmate of Giambattista Basile. Receiving a degree in law, he tried life as a courtier in Spain and Florence, without any great...

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