Felice Bisleri

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Felice Bisleri (November 30, 1851 - September 17, 1921) was an Italian pharmacist, a maker of liquour and freedom fighter under Garibaldi (1865-67).

Bisleri was born in Gerolanuova near Brescia. He established the Felice Bislieri & Co. chemical laboratory in Milano, developing the successful "Ferro-China Bislieri", an amaro (drink) made as an alcohol infusion of cinchona bark, herbs, and iron salts. The company also made the wellselling "Nocera Umbra" mineral water named after Nocera Umbra (1894), as well as the "l'esanofele", a chemical based on quinine, iron and arsenic to combat malaria (1899).^[1] Bisleri died in San Pellegrino. The Via Felice Bisleri in Milan is named after him, and the Bisleri mineral water brand still exists.

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• Silver Medal of Military Valor for his fighting at Bezzecca (July 21, 1866)

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