Table 1 Sources used for the research

Physician, malariologist who wrote about malaria in Calabria.

Physician whose daily experiences provided information about folk Calabrian medicine.

Folklorist who published many works about folk culture including therapeutic remedies to cure many diseases.

Folklorist and historian who wrote about folk traditions in Laureana di Borrello (province of Reggio Calabria). He published a vocabulary of south Calabrian dialect with historical and folkloric notes as well.

Folklorist and ethnographer who published many works about the Calabrian people.

Historian and linguist who published a vocabulary of north Calabrian dialect with historical and folkloric notes.

Man of letters who published many papers about Calabrian beliefs and traditions including the use of plants and animal to cure many diseases.

Mathematician who edited the statistical report of the Kingdom of Naples of 1811.

Franciscan monk who wrote a book about the religious cult of the Madonna in the province of Cosenza.

Writer who published a book about Calabrian folk traditions.

Physician who published a work about anti-malaria prophylaxis.

Historian and man of letters. He wrote an important book about the economy, history and environment of Calabria.

Man of letters was author of a paper about folk Calabrian medicine.

Physician and author of a paper about folk medicine in Cassano (province of Cosenza).

Along with Lombardi Satriani, he was one of the most important Italian folklorists and etnhographers. He wrote many works about amulets.

Priest who wrote a paper about folk medicine in Nicotera (province of Catanzaro).

Priest who wrote a book about the Calabrian people

Botanist who published a work on Prunus spinosa L.

Man of letters and author of a book about Calabrian folklore