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Edoardo Porro
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Edoardo Porro (1842–1902) was an Italian obstetrician and gynaecologist, mainly known for developing Porro’s operation, surgical procedure precursor of the modern Caesarean section.
Edoardo Porro was born in Padua on September 13, 1842 from Anna Maria Cassola and his father Giovanni who had been transferred there as a Land Registry engineer, and he died in Milan on July 18, 1902.
He was raised in Milan where he went to “Ginnasio Liceale dell' Arcidiocesi” and he enrolled in 1860 in medical school at the University of Pavia, where medical luminaries were teaching.
Porro went through his university years without being a student of any particular merit; in fact he barely passed the exam of Human Anatomy, which constitutes the basic foundation of a surgeon, scoring only eighteen over thirty. He obtained his M. D. in August 1865 at the University of Pavia, at the age of twenty-three.
After his graduation and after a brief internship at the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan, instead of devoting himself to the pursuit of his profession, he volunteered as a soldier and doctor under Giuseppe Garibaldi, and followed the revolutionary leader in the cause of Italian unity in the campaign of 1866 in the Tyrol. Even though he was a fervent catholic, he was present the following year at the surrender of Mentana. This delusional event closed his patriotic activity.
In December 1868 he was appointed to the position of surgeon assistant in the department of obstetrics at the “Ospedale Maggiore” in Milan. There for over seven years he devoted himself to the study and practice of obstetrics and gynaecology as an instructor and a clinician.
He was influenced by his personal and professional relationship in the battlefield with Malachia De Cristoforis, who translated Charles West’s “Lectures on the disease of women” after meeting him in London.
Among the most powerful influences on his mind in favour of the Caesarean section, was his systematic investigation into the results of induction of premature labour during his residence in Milan.
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