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==Life before San Diego== | ==Life before San Diego== | ||
Remondino was born in Turin (Torino) Piedmont, (''Piemonte'' in Italian), which is now a region of Italy | Remondino was born in 1846 in Turin (Torino) Piedmont, (''Piemonte'' in Italian), which is now a region of Italy.<ref name="remondinoautobiography" /> Remondino migrated to America with his father at the age of eight.<ref name="remondinoautobiography" /> The family moved to Minnesota where he grew up.<ref name="remondinoautobiography" /> | ||
Remondino entered | Remondino entered Jefferson Medical School at Philadelphia in 1863.<ref name="remondinoautobiography" /> After medical school he served the United States Army as a medical doctor during the Civil War. He had some illness that he contracted from the bite of a mosquito. | ||
After he returned to Minnesota, he continued to have health issues. He moved to San Diego where he believed the climate would be beneficial to his health in 1873 and practiced medicine and surgery there,<ref name="remondinoautobiography" /> | After he returned to Minnesota, he continued to have health issues. He moved to San Diego where he believed the climate would be beneficial to his health in 1873 and practiced medicine and surgery there,<ref name="remondinoautobiography" /> | ||