Edoardo Bassini

Edoardo Bassini (April 14, 1844 – July 19, 1924) was an Italian surgeon who was born in Pavia. In 1866 he received his medical degree from the University of Pavia, and afterwards joined the Italian Unification movement as an infantry soldier under Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882). In 1867 he was seriously wounded and taken prisoner. After his release and recovery, he traveled throughout Europe, furthering his medical studies. He learned surgical pr... more

Edoardo Bassini (April 14, 1844 – July 19, 1924) was an Italian surgeon who was born in Pavia. In 1866 he received his medical degree from the University of Pavia, and afterwards joined the Italian Unification movement as an infantry soldier under Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882). In 1867 he was seriously wounded and taken prisoner. After his release and recovery, he traveled throughout Europe, furthering his medical studies. He learned surgical procedures in Vienna under Theodor Billroth (1829-1894), in Berlin under Bernhard von Langenbeck (1810-1887), and in Munich with Johann Nepomuk von Nussbaum (1829-1890). He also visited London, where he met with Thomas Spencer Wells (1818-1897) and Joseph Lister (1827-1912). Afterwards, he was in charge of the surgical department at the hospital La Spezia, and in 1878 became a lecturer in surgery at Parma. In 1882 he became head of surgical pathology at the University of Padua, and later succeeded Tito Vanzetti (1809-1888) as the chair of... less