Carlo Avanzini

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Carlo Avanzini (born November 30, 1817 in Meride , † 1881 in Basaluzzo ) was a Swiss physician and politician.

Life

Carlo Avanzini was the son of Domenico Avanzini from Curio .

After receiving medical training, he worked in the Mendrisio district and carried out an extensive study of the cholera epidemic that raged in the district in 1849, although the barriers there were strictly observed; he was secretary of the Cantonese Health Commission.

Carlo Avanzini was his first marriage to Terese, daughter of Pietro Campi and his second marriage to Isabella, geb. Andina married.

Political activity

Through his social engagement he came to the democratic movement and joined the radical left, of which he became the outstanding representative.

From 1851 to 1853 he headed the newspaper L'operaio , which was accused of propaganda for Giuseppe Mazzini . He supported the general suffrage , various consumer and aid associations as well as Volksbanks. Together with Gaetano Polari (1826-1894) in 1851 he was one of the founding and committee members of the Società democratica popolare ticinese , of which he became president in 1853; in the same year the movement was dissolved again. He tried to emancipate the people with paternalism and philanthropy .

His political engagement led to the loss of the office as secretary in the education department. For this reason he left Ticino in 1854 and settled in Piedmont as a district doctor. In 1862 he renounced his citizenship in Ticino .

Fonts (selection)

  • Abbozzo di alcune osservazioni ed aggiunte ai pensieri del dottore Carlo Lurati sulla istituzione delle condotte mediche nel Cantone Ticino . Lugano: G. Bianchi, 1845.
  • All osservazioni del dott. V. Masserotti su di un nuovo febbrifugo denominato solfato indigeno: due parole di risposta . Lugano: Tip. Giuseppe Bianchi, 1847.
  • Carlo Avanzini; Carlo Lurati; Giovanni Battista Bianchi : Una nota del dottore Carlo Avanzini alle note fatte dal dottor Bianchi alla risposta del dottor Lurati . Lugano: Presso i Fratelli Fioratti, 1849.
  • Geneogenesi ossia la generazione dei sessi: Studi e sperimenti, Parte prima: Causa della procreazione dei sessi nell'uomo e negli animali Vertebrali . Milano, 1861.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Società democratica popolare ticinese. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Avanzini, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss doctors and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Meride
DATE OF DEATH 1881
Place of death Basaluzzo