Luigi Maria Bossi

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Luigi Maria Bossi (Malnate, 30 December 1859 – Milan, 1 February 1919) was a

gynecologist and Italian politician.[1]

Luigi Maria Bossi c.1900

He was director of the Institute of Obstetrics in Novara and of a Genoese clinic. In 1898, in Genoa, he operated on Constance Lloyd, the wife of Oscar Wilde, who died a few days after the operation.[2] He was elected to Parliament for the Italian Socialist Party in the twenty-first Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy (1900-1904). He was assassinated by the husband of a patient [3] for "a grossly unethical personal relationship with a patient".[4]

References

  1. ^ "Bòssi, Luigi Maria nell'Enciclopedia Treccani". www.treccani.it. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. S2CID 41229933
    . Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  3. ^ "BOSSI, Luigi Maria in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  4. ^ "The History Blog » Blog Archive » Letters reveal mysterious final illness of Oscar Wilde's wife". 5 January 2015.