Regina Dal Cin (4 April 1819 – 15 August 1897) was an Italian osteopath, who practiced the recomposition of femoral dislocations.[1][2] She is considered to be an expert in the reconstruction of the congenital and antiquated dislocations of the femur.[3]
Biography edit
Born as Regina Marchesini on 4 April 1819 in San Vendemiano, in the province of Treviso, northern Italy, Regina Dal Cin was the daughter of Lorenzo Marchesini and his wife Adriana Zandonella, a skilled "bone-dresser". Regina never went to school and devoted much of her time to improving her bone-setting techniques, learned from her mother.[3]
At the age of 9, she started her career as a bone-setter by replacing her mother, who had broken her leg in a buggy accident.[4]
At the invitation, she visited Venice, Vienna and Turin where she reconstructed the dislocated femurs, and treated even more serious cases at the local civic hospitals. Some of her bone-setting practices were witnessed by the illustrious surgeons at the time.[5]
She faced four trials on the ground of not having the legal authorization to practice bone-setting, but she emerged victorious.[3]
At the age of 18, she married Lorenzo Dal Cin. She was widowed early with a daughter.[3]
A Street in front of Palazzo Regina Dal Cin and a primary school were named after her by the municipality of Cappella Maggiore.[3]
She died on 15 August 1897 in Cappella Maggiore.
References edit
- ^ Graham, Douglas (1902). Manual therapeutics. J.B. Lippincott: J.B. Lippincott. p. 378. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Wilson, Francis J. H. (2007). Chiropractic in Europe: An Illustrated History. Leicester, England: Matador. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-905-88686-9. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "REGINA DAL CIN". prolococappellamaggiore.it. pro loco cappella maggiore. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Peltier, Leonard F. (1990). Fractures: A History and Iconography of Their Treatment. Novato: Norman Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-930-40516-8. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Bennett, George Matthews (2022). The Art of the Bone-Setter: A Testimony and a Vindication. London: DigiCat. p. N.A. Retrieved 21 February 2023.