Edoardo Bassini

In 1866 he received his medical degree from the University of Pavia, and afterwards joined the Italian Unification movement as an infantry soldier under Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882).

In 1882 he became head of surgical pathology at the University of Padua, where he later succeeded Tito Vanzetti (1809–1888) as the chair of clinical surgery (1888).

In 1884 he introduced a surgical procedure that allowed for reconstruction of the inguinal canal and restoration of the patient's anatomy following removal of the hernial sac.

He introduced the usage of carbolic acid and eucalyptus to increase the chances of a patient's recovery and survival.

Bassini was buried in his family tomb, in the "Cimitero Monumentale" of Pavia, as well as other important Italian medical scientists, such as Camillo Golgi, Bartolomeo Panizza and Adelchi Negri.