Thomas Fiaschi
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Thomas Fiaschi | |
|---|---|
 Fiaschi c. 1890 | |
| Born | 31 May 1853 Florence, Italy |
| Died | 17 April 1926 (aged 72) Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Florence University of Pisa |
| Spouse(s) |
Catherine Reynolds
(m. 1876; died 1913)Amy Curtis (m. 1914) |
| Relatives | Eleonora Tennant (daughter) |
Thomas Henry Fiaschi (Italian: Tommaso Enrico Fiaschi; 31 May 1853 – 17 April 1927) was an Italian-Australian surgeon. He served with both Italian and Australian armed forces, seeing active service as a military surgeon in the First Italo-Ethiopian War, the Second Boer War, and World War I.
Fiaschi was born on 31 May 1853 in Florence, Italy, then within the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He was the son of Clarissa (née Fisher) and Lodovico Fiaschi. His father was a mathematics professor at the University of Florence, while his mother was an Englishwoman who had worked as a tutor to members of the Corsini family.[1]
Medical career
Fiaschi received his initial medical training at the University of Florence. He emigrated to Australia at the age of 21, initially spending time at the Palmer River Goldfields in the colony of Queensland. He subsequently settled in New South Wales where he was a house surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. He returned to Italy to undertake further training in Florence and at the University of Pisa, graduating M.D., Ch.D. in 1877.[1]
After two years working in Italy and London, Fiaschi returned to Australia in 1879 and established a medical practice in Windsor, New South Wales. He moved back to Sydney in 1883 and became active in the newly created New South Wales branch of the British Medical Association (BMA), serving a term as president from 1889 to 1890. His association with Sydney Hospital began with his appointment as an honorary surgeon in 1890. He was later appointed chairman of the board of medical studies at 1909 and honorary consulting surgeon in 1911.[1]
Fiaschi applied the antiseptic surgery principles of Joseph Lister and translated Italian surgeon Edoardo Bassini's works on hernia repair into English. He was also a president of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association. As a surgeon he did "pioneering work" in exophthalmic goitre (Graves disease), hydatid disease, and orthopedic surgery.[1]
