Peter Charles Remondino | |
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| Born | February 10, 1846 Turin, Italy |
| Died | December 10, 1926 (aged 80) San Diego, California |
| Alma mater | Jefferson Medical College |
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| Fields | Medicine |
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Peter Charles Remondino (February 10, 1846 – December 10, 1926) was an Italian-American physician, pro-circumcision advocate,[1][2] first president of the San Diego Board of Health, and co-founder of San Diego’s first private hospital.[3] In the course of a medical career spanning 55 years, he served with the Union forces during the American Civil War as surgeon. He also served as a surgeon during the Franco-Prussian War, for which he was awarded a medal by the French Government for his services.[3]
- ^ Maryland Medical Journal. Medical Journal Company. January 1, 1894.
- ^ Glick, Leonard B. (2005). "Good Sanitarians". Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision From Ancient Judea to Modern America (Google Book Search). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 174–177. ISBN 978-0-19-517674-2. LCCN 2004020069. OCLC 56404795. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
- ^ a b Kelly, Michael. "Peter Charles Remondino". San Diego Biographies. San Diego Historical Society.