Tommaso Rima

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Tommaso Antonio Gianini Rima (born December 11, 1775 in Mosogno , † February 26, 1843 in Venice ) was a Swiss physician.

Life

Tommaso Rima was the son of Giacomo Antonio Rima and his wife Maria Zaveria (née Picchioni).

He attended schools in Locarno and Lugano and in 1793 went to Rome for further studies , where he received his doctorate in 1796. med. and became Dr. of surgery.

In 1799 he entered French services and, as major, was chief surgeon of the military hospitals in Modena in 1803 and of the military hospitals in Milan in 1807 ; in the same year he received the Italian citizenship and there was also his appointment as chief surgeon of all military hospitals in the Kingdom of Italy .

In 1808 he was appointed professor of surgery at the military hospital Sant'Ambrogio in Milan before January 1, 1811. Chief physician and professor of surgery to the military hospital in Mantua was transferred, where he led his first attempts to treat varicose veins by, had However, the research was interrupted in 1812 when he was transferred to Ancona and later to Pavia ; In 1820 he was released from military service.

From 1820 to 1822 he was then chief surgeon of the hospital in Ravenna and from 1822 chief surgeon of the provincial hospital in Venice .

Scientific work

Tommaso Rima was also active as an author of medical writings and published various publications on medical topics, among other things he described for the first time the blood reflux in lower leg varicose veins , which he treated surgically. His treatment method was rediscovered in 1891 by Friedrich Trendelenburg , who developed the Trendelenburg operation for varicose veins from it .

Tommaso Rima was married to Maria Antonia for the first time and, since 1814, to Teresa (née Lalatta), Marquise from Parma , for the second time .

Fonts (selection)

  • Pierre Dufouart, Tommaso G. Rima: Analisi delle ferite d'armi da fuoco, e della loro cura . Borsani, Milano 1805-1808.
  • Risposta all'anonimo autore della Lettera critico-chirurgica sull'operazione della pietra da esso eseguita on Domenico Lodoli nel Pubblico Ospitale di Ravenna . Roveri, Ravenna 1820.
  • Sul perfezionamento del processo operativo per l'estirpazione dei testicoli scirrosi: memoria . Per le Stampe di Annesio Nobili, Bologna 1821.
  • Tommaso G. Rima, Marianna Talenti Leoni: Storia di un voluminoso tumors estirpato dal collo di M. Talenti, etc . Treviso 1826.
  • Tavole con cenni istorici d'alcuni casi chirurgici straordinarj felicemente curati nel Civico ospitale provinciale di Venezia dal chirurgo primario angiano Tommaso dott. Rima . G. Antonelli, Venezia 1838, archive.org .
  • Cura radicale delle varici dedotta dalla causa prossima scoperta è dimostrata in due memorie dal socio ordinario Tommaso Dr. Rima edizione 2a con appendice dell 'autore . G. Antonelli, Venezia 1838.
  • Antonio Marconi, Tommaso Rima: Della resecazione della mascella inferiore affetta de osteo-sarcoma: operata dal dott . F. Andreola, Venezia 1839, archive.org .

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personal data
SURNAME Rima, Tommaso
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gianini-Rima, Tommaso Antonio; Gianini, Tommaso Antonio Fortunato; Rima, Tommaso Antonio Gianini
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss medic
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Mosogno
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1843
Place of death Venice