Luigi Maria Bossi

Luigi Maria Bossi (Malnate, 30 December 1859 – Milan, 1 February 1919) was a gynecologist and Italian politician.^[1]

Luigi Maria Bossi c.1900

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 (1900-1904). He was assassinated by the husband of a patient ^[3] for "a grossly unethical personal relationship with a patient".^[4]

References

1. "Bòssi, Luigi Maria nell'Enciclopedia Treccani". www.treccani.it. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
2. Robins, Ashley H.; Holland, Merlin (2015). "The enigmatic illness and death of Constance, wife of Oscar Wilde". The Lancet. 385 (9962): 21–22. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62468-5. PMID 25592892. S2CID 41229933. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
3. "BOSSI, Luigi Maria in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
4. "The History Blog » Blog Archive » Letters reveal mysterious final illness of Oscar Wilde's wife". 5 January 2015.