Luigi Maria Bossi

Luigi Maria Bossi (Malnate, 30 December 1859 – Milan, 1 February 1919) was a gynecologist and Italian politician.[1] 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. He was assassinated by the husband of a patient.[3]

References

  1. "Bòssi, Luigi Maria nell'Enciclopedia Treccani". www.treccani.it. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. "The enigmatic illness and death of Constance, wife of Oscar Wilde". The Lancet. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  3. "BOSSI, Luigi Maria in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it. Retrieved 2016-11-16.


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