M . DUDOVICH & C.
TRIESTE
VIA IMBRIANI, 7/11 – TEL. 95-74
C. C. TRIESTE N. 24609
Rappresentante con deposito della Ditta
ALESSI & C. – Milano
MATERIALI PER L’ODONTOIATRIA
E LA PROTESI DENTARIA
Trieste, li 23 Gennaio 1948
Lei si meraviglierà certamente che Oppel si faccia vivo; in Ottobre cercai
di Lei ma era assente.
Eccole il motivo di questa mia lettera. Qui a Trieste la situazione
per noi italiani sta diventando insostenibile, lentamente ma inesorabil=
mente. Siamo osteggiati in ogni n/ iniziativa. Tutte le nostre tre famiglie
perciò hanno deciso di trasferirsi a Roma. Mio cognato Dottore in chimica
che lascia qui un grande laboratorio di analisi e un Banco di Metalli
preziosi, mio suocero Dudovich ed infine io. Noi si venderebbe la n/ casa
e tutte le attività per trasferirsi in quella città che almeno per me
è stata per tutti gli anni della guerra un’oasi di pace. I miei parenti
invece non vogliono ripetere l’esperimento Titino dei 40 giorni di occu=
pazione Jugoslava[1].
Lei ha bisogno di me? Io sarei pronto a partire anche subito!
I miei famigliari intanti liquiderebbero tutto con calma, e nel frat=
tempo, io a Roma potrei trovare qualche appartamento.
Nel caso che Lei avesse interesse per la mia collaborazione, quali
condizioni finanziarie mi verrebbero assicurate? Io venendo a Roma
e venendo al caso da Lei vorrei essere solamente alla sue dipendenze
cioè non per aprire un laboratorio. In questo caso i miei guadagni
devono essere tali da poter fare una vita decorosa e senza preoccupa=
zioni.
La prego Egregio Dottore[2] di rispondermi al più presto e nella speranza
che da parte Sua Vi sia interesse per la mia proposta voglia gradire
unitamente a Sua madre i miei più distinti saluti
Notut(?) Oppel
N. OPPEL Via Imbriani 7
c/ o/ Dudovich = Trieste =
Note
vers. eng.
M. DUDOVICH & C.
TRIESTE
VIA IMBRIANI, 7/11 – TEL. 95-74
C. C. TRIESTE N. 24609
Representative with warehouse of ALESSI & C. – Milan
materials for dentistry and dental prostheses
Trieste, 23 January 1948
You will certainly be surprised that Oppel has come forward; I tried to contact you in October, but you were away.
Here is the reason for my letter. Here in Trieste, the situation for us Italians is becoming unsustainable, slowly but surely. We are opposed in every initiative we take. All three of our families have therefore decided to move to Rome. My brother-in-law, a doctor of chemistry, is leaving behind a large analysis laboratory and a precious metals bank, my father-in-law Dudovich and finally myself. We would sell our house and all our businesses to move to that city which, at least for me,
has been an oasis of peace throughout the war years. My relatives, on the other hand, do not want to repeat the Titino experiment of 40 days of Yugoslav occupation.
Do you need me? I would be ready to leave immediately!
My family would take their time to liquidate everything, and in the meantime, I could find an apartment in Rome.
If you are interested in my collaboration, what financial conditions would be guaranteed to me? If I come to Rome and work for you, I would like to be solely employed by you,
that is, not to open a laboratory. In this case, my earnings must be such that I can live a decent life without worries.
I kindly request that you respond as soon as possible and, in the hope that you are interested in my proposal, I extend my warmest regards to you and your mother.
Notut(?) Oppel
N. OPPEL Via Imbriani 7
c/ o/ Dudovich = Trieste =
[1] Trieste, i 40 giorni del terrore
Siamo a fine aprile del 1945. Il 28, a Dongo, Mussolini è ucciso dai partigiani. Anche nell’estremo nord d’Italia, tacciono le armi. Ovunque la Pace s’avvicina e con essa la gioia per la ritrovata Libertà! Trieste sta vivendo una vigilia densa di trepide attese.
All’alba del 30 aprile 1945 imbraccia le armi contro i Tedeschi: questi ormai sono retro-guardie, pur combattive e non disposte a cedere. L’insurrezione è capeggiata dal Col. Antonio Fonda Savio e da un religioso, Don Edoardo Marzari. Tra le migliaia d’insorti troviamo i rappresentanti dei risorgenti partiti politici italiani e molti Militari dei Carabinieri, della Guardie di Finanza, e della Guardia Civica. Fra loro non ci sono comunisti.
Dopo sanguinosi scontri a fuoco i “Volontari della Libertà”, a sera, hanno il controllo di buona parte della città, issano il Tricolore sul palazzo comunale e sulla Prefettura. I Tedeschi rifiutano di arrendersi per consegnarsi agli Alleati.
Il 1° maggio, fra lo stupore, che poi diviene costernazione, i “liberatori” che arrivano in città sono i partigiani jugoslavi. Fin dai primi contatti si avverte che questi non sono migliori dei Tedeschi!
Disconoscono i “Volontari della Libertà” e, costringono i partigiani del CLN a rientrare nella clandestinità. Invano i nostri Patrioti cercano punti d’incontro. Per la parola “Italia”, per la Bandiera nazionale e per la Libertà “vera” ci sono soltanto porte chiuse. Per contro “stelle rosse”, bandiere rosse con falce e martello e Tricolore con stella rossa al centro vengono imposti ovunque.
Le milizie Jugoslave, giunte a Trieste a marce forzate per precedere gli anglo americani nella “liberazione” della Venezia Giulia, non contengono nessuna unità partigiana italiana inserita nell’Esercito jugoslavo mandate a operare altrove.
Gli Slavi assumono i pieni poteri. Nominano un Commissario Politico, Franc Stoka, comunista filo slavo. Emanano ordinanze sconcertanti per la illiberalità. Impongono, a guerra finita, un lungo coprifuoco. Limitano la circolazione dei veicoli. Dispongono il passaggio all’ora legale per uniformare la Città al “resto della Jugoslavia”! Fanno uno smaccato uso dello slogan “Smrt Fazismu – Svoboda Narodu”, “Morte al Fascismo – Libertà ai popoli”, per giustificare la licenza di uccidere chi si suppone possa opporsi alle mire annessionistiche di Tito.
Prelevano dalle case i cittadini, in media cento al giorno, pochi fascisti o collaborazionisti, ma molti Combattenti della Guerra di Liberazione: ciò perché agli occupatori sta a cuore dimostrare di essere solo loro i liberatori del capoluogo giuliano.
L’otto maggio proclamano Trieste “città autonoma” nella “Settima Repubblica Federativa di Jugoslavia”. Sugli edifici pubblici fanno sventolare la bandiera Jugoslava affiancata dal Tricolore profanato dalla stella rossa. L’unico quotidiano è “Il nostro Avvenire”, schierato in funzione anti italiana.
In città vige il terrore, si scopre presto dove vanno a finire i prelevati. Nelle foibe! O nei campi di concentramento, come quello di Borovnica, anticamera della morte. Arresti indiscriminati, confische, requisizioni, violenze d’ogni genere, ruberie, terrorizzano ed esasperano i Triestini che invano richiedono l’aiuto del Comando Alleato.
Le espressioni di Monsignore Santin, Vescovo di Trieste e Capodistria descrivono l’atmosfera che si respirava in città:
“Vivissimo era l’allarme e lo spavento invadeva tutti… In città dominava la violenza contro tutto ciò che era italiano. Tutti i giorni dimostrazioni di Sloveni convogliati in città, bandiere jugoslave e rosse imposte alle finestre. Centinaia e centinaia d’inermi cittadini, Guardie di Finanza e Funzionari civili, prelevati solo perché Italiani, furono precipitati nelle foibe di Basovizza e Opicina. Legati con filo spinato, venivano collocati sull’orlo della foiba e poi uccisi con scariche di mitragliatrice e precipitati nel fondo. Vi fu qualcuno che, colpito, cadde sui corpi giacenti sul fondo e poi, ripresi i sensi per la frescura dell’ambiente, riuscì lentamente di notte ad arrampicarsi aggrappandosi alle sporgenze e ad uscirne. Uno di questi venne a Trieste da me e mi narrò questa sua tragica avventura”.
Finalmente gli Angloamericani bisognosi di disporre del porto di Trieste, constatato che Tito si rivelava ogni giorno di più inaffidabile e simile ad Hitler, intimano alle truppe slave di ritirarsi. Il 9 giugno a Belgrado, il leader iugoslavo, verificato che Stalin non era disposto a sostenerlo, fa arretrare le sue truppe.(fonte)
[2] Luigi Marziani:
Luigi Marziani (Senigallia, 26 agosto 1900 – Roma 16 agosto 1977) Odontoiatra. Esperto in Chirurgia orale, di fama internazionale per aver sperimentato il primo impianto sottoperiosteo a griglia di Tantalio.(fonte)
Vers. eng. of:
Commemorated by Dr. Filippo STRINI Mr. President,
Academicians, Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all,
I would like to outline the life of Prof. Luigi Marziani.
He was born in Senigallia (Ancona) on 26 August 1900, the son and grandson of dentists. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery on 23 July 1923 from the University of Rome. Thesis: ‘Physiology of the masticatory muscles with the construction of a new gnathodynamometer ‘. During his third and fourth years of medical school, he attended clinics and wards at the Civil Hospital of Ancona. During his fifth and sixth years, he worked in the Surgery Department of the Children’s Hospital of Ancona and in the private surgical clinic “Villa Maria” of Prof. A. Caucci, where he became an assistant from August 1923 to February 1924. He often had the opportunity to perform operations. During the same period and in the years 1926-1927, he worked in the Microbiology Laboratory of the Institute of Hygiene of the Province of Ancona. During his military service, he first worked in bacteriology laboratories, then in a hospital for self-harmers in the observation ward, with responsibility for the radiology department. From February 1924 to November 1925, he attended compulsory theory and practical courses at the University Dental Institute in Vienna, as well as numerous other private courses on specialised branches of stomatology. From 1 March to 1 November 1925, he worked as an assistant in the Maxillofacial Surgery Department of the First Clinic. Surgical Clinic of the University directed by Prof. Hans Pichler, the founder of modern maxillofacial surgery. During the same period, he was an assistant in the private practice of Maxillofacial Surgery of Prof. Otto Hofer. Upon his return to Rome, he began practising privately in 1926. At intervals, he attended the Dental Clinics and Maxillofacial Surgery Departments Maxillofacial Surgery at the Universities of Vienna, Budapest, Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf and Essen. In the academic year 1928-1929, he was a volunteer assistant at the Dental Clinic of the University of Rome, directed by Prof. Perna. During this period, he often had the opportunity to give lectures in the absence of the Director. In October 1944, he was called upon to reorganise the Oral Surgery Department of the “G. Eastman” Higher Institute of Dentistry, which he directed until 1949. He practised oral surgery first at the “Bastianelli” Clinic, then at the “Villa Mafalda” Clinic in Rome. In 1948, he became a lecturer in dentistry at the University of Rome. Lecturer at the Specialisation School of the same Clinic. He gives lectures and conferences at cultural and professional organisations in the field. He publishes numerous articles on clinical practice, surgery, anatomy, histology and specific research in Italian and foreign journals in the field. His research on the surgical anatomy of the temporomandibular joint and the adoption of a new incision line for surgery on the same joint are of particular importance. Of particular importance is his research on the surgical anatomy of the temporomandibular joint and the adoption of a new incision line for surgery on the same. He produces a film on “Integral Syndesmotomy” in collaboration with the Institute of Radiology of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Rome. He won the “Sanremo Prize for Stomatology” in 1954 for the best publication of the year in the field of stomatology. He actively participated in the main national and international congresses on stomatology and oral surgery. He gave — on invitation — clinical demonstrations, lectures and surgical procedures in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, the Federal Republic of Germany, Spain, the United States of America, Sweden, and Switzerland. He was invited to lecture at the First Professional Refresher Course promoted in 1961 by the Order of Doctors of Rome and Province. He is editor of the Italian Journal of Stomatology. He carried out original and cutting-edge research in collaboration with members of the National Research Council and various specialised institutes of other scientific faculties of the University of Rome. He is an honorary member of the “Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Zahn,-Mund-und Kieferheilkunde” (Federal Republic of Germany), the ‘Verein Oester- reichischer Zahnaerzte’ (Austria), the ‘Ellados Stomatologike Etairia’ (Greece), the “Suomen Hammaslääkäriseuma” (Finland), and the “Société Odontologique de France”. I] President of the Italian Republic, Hon. Giovanni Leone, appoints him Grand Officer of Merit of the Republic. Vice-President of the European Association of Dental Implantology (AEOSI). Member since 1957 of the Lancisiana Academy of Rome. Member since 1957 of the Lancisiana Academy of Rome. Member: — Italian Society of Surgery — Italian Section of the International College of Surgeons — Roman Stomatological Academy — Dental Morphology Centre of the Institute of Morphology at the University of Cagliari — Académie Nationale de Chirurgie Dentaire de France — International College of Dentists — Groupement International pour la Recherche Scientifique en Stomatologie — International Association for Dental Research — Lions Club International – Rome Host — International Association of Oral Surgeons — Anconitana Medical-Surgical Society — Piceno Medical-Surgical Academy — Fédération Dentaire Internationale. His name appears in the Biographical Directory of Members of the International Association for Dental Research – European Section and in the Oral Surgery Directory of the World. He produces a slow-motion colour film on his method of subperiosteal tantalum implants, one of the very first in post-war Italy. It illustrates the technique, procedures, completed cases, radiographic and histological findings. The film was awarded a prize at the 8th Congress of the International Association of Scientific Film. It is catalogued by UNESCO. A copy of the film was requested by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a tour of South America. Another copy is held by the film library of the American Dental Association (A.D.A.) film library for circulation in the USA, which also holds a copy for loan abroad. Another film illustrates the procedure, first conceived and performed by “Immediate tantalum implants”, i.e. subperiosteal tantalum implants applied immediately after tooth extraction. There are cases still in place since 1950. President of the Clinical and Technical Demonstrations Committee of the XII International Congress of Dentistry and Stomatology of the Fédération Dent- aire Internationale (F.D.I.) (Rome, 1957). Italian delegate of the F.D.I. at international conferences. Co-rapporteur at the 27th Italian Congress of Stomatology (Sanremo, 1952). Speaker: — 29th Italian Congress of Stomatology (Venice, 1954) — Austrian Congress of Stomatology (Innsbruck, 1954) — 11th Panhellenic Congress (Athens, 1955) — 18th Spanish National Congress of Stomatology (Palma de Mallorca, 1956). He participated in the Centennial Celebrations of the American Dental Association and the 47th Congress of the I.D.I. in New York. In his stomatological practice, he was attentive to studying the clinical-pathological correlation between the mouth and the rest of the body in his patients. He had intuition and skill in identifying the signs of oral cancer. He is tireless in his pursuit of perfection and improvement and treats his patients with scrupulous care and conscientiousness, always aiming to preserve dental and oral tissues for as long and as well as possible, both in dentistry and in maxillofacial surgery. He also masterfully masters dental laboratory techniques thanks to his exceptional manual skills. He is the first to study the biological, clinical and technical aspects of alloplastic implants in surgery, particularly subperiosteal tantalum implants supporting dental prostheses, developing an original scientific and rational methodology and an ingenious pioneering practical application. This exceptional, in-depth, meticulous practice, which encompasses numerous scientific fields perhaps addressed together for the first time in medical research, would alone suffice to make Prof. Marziani’s work a milestone in his speciality. Together with Prof. Bastianelli, he performs cranioplasty with tantalum for therapeutic purposes and cranio-frontal surgery for aesthetic purposes. He is a friend and collaborator of the most illustrious biologists, surgeons and clinicians of the time. I do not believe that the curriculum vitae I have read to you needs any comment; it alone sums up his effective and tireless work, at the highest level, as a scholar, researcher, teacher and professional. I can therefore say a few spontaneous words in the few minutes I have left about my great friend who has passed away, about him as a man and about what I consider to be his most outstanding qualities. In fact, culture and science are essential requirements for a teacher of great stature, not to mention technique, which in itself is a craft, albeit a refined one. Moreover, the field to which he devoted most of his scientific and practical work, “oral surgery”, is a small sector, a subspecialty of stomatology, which easily runs the risk, as Bernard Shaw said, of creating beings who ‘know everything about nothing and nothing about everything’. He always avoided this mistake, always seeing his patients as unique and indivisible whole human beings. He loved his patients and made them feel this love in every gesture, moment by moment, from the first contact with them until their complete recovery, thus anticipating what is now beginning to be considered an increasingly necessary vision in medicine and in the philosophy of all human activities; that man, that is, is not made up of psyche and matter but is an absolute unity. The apparent difference is only due to a different way of showing the same thing, to our very limited ability to understand certain phenomena in certain dimensions; when we respect the body, we respect the psyche, but not because we gratify it by reflex, but because otherwise the psyche, which is there in front of us, one with the body, would be directly attacked, humiliated and offended; and he was convinced of these things . Those who saw him operate saw something poetic, one might say truly poetic; his interventions were of a delicacy that only those who understand the influence that “mouth surgery” can have on the patient’s deep equilibrium can achieve. Everyone is now familiar with Freud’s oral phase of childhood and the traces it leaves throughout life. Well, it is also important to know that the mouth, for the patient’s unconscious, is not simply a cavity equipped with teeth and mucous membranes, but that it is his most symbolically important sexual organ and remains so throughout his life; as such, the mouth must be treated delicately and respected to the utmost. He constantly reiterated this concept both theoretically, in his role as a teacher, and practically, in his work as a highly skilled practitioner. To confirm this, I would like to mention one of his beautiful films on “Integral syndesmotomy”; this film presented considerable difficulties in its technical realisation, but the perfection with which it was completed shows how much the author cared about demonstrating the advantages of “syndesmotomy” in tooth extraction. This surgical procedure, which from a surgical point of view is usually routine, represents for the patient’s unconscious mind, always and constantly, albeit in a more or less evident way, the most aggressive, dramatic and traumatic action he can undergo. The abolition of extraction forceps, which “integral syndesmotomy” entails, is not just a different technique (in fact, from a strictly technical-surgical point of view, it does not bring any great advantages) but introduces affection and respect into a necessarily aggressive approach. In fact, the elimination of the hated extraction instruments transforms tooth extraction into a delicate and almost bloodless procedure, respectful of both the integrity of the tissues and the patient’s state of consciousness. These are the real reasons why his patients adored him, in addition to his culture, his technique and his science. But I can add, without fear of contradiction, that his respect for others stemmed from the respect he had for himself. I believe that this man can be summed up by the aphorism: ‘Le style c’est l’homme même’. He was style and elegance in all its manifestations. He was the right man in the right place. It seemed that this speciality had been invented for him, so well suited was it to all his qualities. Well, this memory should serve as an example, and I am sure that it will serve as an example. I would like to repeat a phrase from a speaker who spoke a few minutes ago: ‘The dead are only invisible, but they are among us’; these memories are not words, they are truths, they are the unity of spirit and matter. They are material things, and we can say that they are among us in unity of matter and spirit, that is, in that certain form that makes us feel their presence in every moment of our lives. And we must be grateful to these people who passed through the world so quickly, so delicately but so effectively, leaving us examples that we must recognise as admirable. Divine inspiration? Certainly, divine inspiration. That is why I wanted to remind you, and will always remember, my friend Luigi Marziani with affectionate admiration, for his character so rich in human nobility in every expression of his exceptional personality.(fonte)
Dott. Filippo Strini. Medico chirurgo stomatologo (dentista) Già presidente dell’Associazione Medici Dentisti Italiani
Categ.; Medicina (Odontoiatria)(fonte)
