Peter Remondino
Peter Charles Remondino | |
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Born | Turin, Italy | February 10, 1846
Died | December 10, 1926 San Diego, California | (aged 80)
Alma mater | Jefferson Medical College |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medicine |
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Peter Charles Remondino (February 10, 1846 – December 10, 1926) was an Italian-American physician, pro-circumcision advocate,[1][2] first president of the San Diego Board of Health, and co-founder of San Diego’s first private hospital.[3] In the course of a medical career spanning 55 years, he served with the Union forces during the American Civil War as surgeon. He also served as a surgeon during the Franco-Prussian War, for which he was awarded a medal by the French Government for his services.[3]
Early life
Remondino was born in Turin on February 10, 1846.[4] Turin was part of the Piedmont area of the Kingdom of Sardinia at that time. At the age of eight he emigrated to America with his father, arriving in New York and eventually settling in Minnesota. Remondino studied in a one-room schoolhouse from 1857 to 1861, supplementing his lessons by readings from his father's vast library. Besides history, math, and the sciences, Remondino learned various languages including French, German, Latin, and Sioux.[5]
Death
Peter Charles Remondino died in San Diego on December 10, 1926.[6]
References
- ^ Maryland Medical Journal. Medical Journal Company. January 1, 1894.
- ^ Glick, Leonard B. (2005). "Good Sanitarians". Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision From Ancient Judea to Modern America (Google Book Search). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 174–177. ISBN 978-0-19-517674-2. LCCN 2004020069. OCLC 56404795. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
- ^ a b Kelly, Michael. "Peter Charles Remondino". San Diego Biographies. San Diego Historical Society.
- ^ Press Reference Library Notables of the West. Vol. II. International News Service. 1915. p. 343. Retrieved July 25, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Remondino, Peter Charles. "Autobiography". San Diego Biographies. San Diego Historical Society. p. 1.
- ^ "Dr. Remondino Dead". Oxnard Press-Courier. San Diego. International News Service. December 10, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved December 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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