Moscati Giuseppe is a great man whom the Catholic Church declared saints. The Neapolitan doctor was not only a good doctor, but also a man with a great soul. Deep faith endowed him with a sense of mercy and compassion for others. In his opinion, she could heal better than any doctor.
Giuseppe Moscati: biography
He was born in Benevento (Italy), which was formerly known as the “city of witches,” in 1880. He was the sixth child in the family, had 8 more brothers and sisters. His father was a sought-after lawyer, so the family lived in abundance. When parents moved to live in Naples, little Giuseppe was 4 years old. It is in this city that he will live until the end of his days.
In 1889, the boy graduated from primary school and continued his studies at the Lyceum. After his graduation, he enters the university at the medical faculty.
In World War I, Moscati Giuseppe tried to enlist in a volunteer squad, but was refused, because the commission decided that medical skills would be much more useful in the rear. He was sent to work in a hospital, where in wartime under his care there were more than three thousand wounded front-line soldiers.
In 1919, he received the position of chief physician in a hospital in Naples for terminally ill patients. After 3 years, he was given the right to teach in a public clinic.
The following year, the government sent Moscati to the capital of Scotland, the city of Edinburgh, where a congress of physiologists from around the world was held.
The deep faith in Christ and the inducement of patients to participate in Christian church rites gathered many enemies around him in the person of atheists.
Selfless, self-interested, too pious - that is exactly what, according to acquaintances, was Giuseppe Moscati. His biography ended too soon. He died in the 47th year of life.
His knowledge and work helped in the study of diabetes and the creation of insulin. Moscati tried not to take money for treatment from the poor, he even helped them with small amounts, which he invested in a prescription.
Reading about this, many people probably wondered: "Are there any doctors now that look like Giuseppe Moscati?"
Personal life
Moscati decided not to tie the knot and completely devoted his life to the profession and the world. Avoiding worldly temptations, he consciously made a choice in favor of celibacy, claiming that he never knew a woman.
He lived with his sister, who ran the household, completely controlled finances, protecting the great doctor from everyday problems.
"The patient is a book of nature"
The actions of Giuseppe Moscati are the best way to talk about how merciful and pure he was.
For example, when he was called for help to a patient living in a notorious quarter, he did not refuse. If someone started talking about the dangers of such areas, Moscati said: "You can not be afraid when you go to do a good deed."
Once acquaintances met Giuseppe in one of the squares, which was located far from his place of residence. When asked what he was doing here, the doctor answered with a laugh: "I am coming here to become a spittoon for a poor student."
The guy was sick with the initial stage of tuberculosis, and if the owners of the room he was renting would know about it, he would be kicked out. Giuseppe came daily to collect and burn dirty shawls and change them to clean ones.
But the most moving case, which testified to the unlimited kindness and professionalism of Moscati, happened to an old man who needed daily supervision. While working in the hospital, Giuseppe was very busy and could not come to the old man every day, so he offered him an interesting way out. Every day in the morning, the old man should sit at a table in a cafe, past which Moscati goes to work, and drink hot milk with cookies (naturally, at the expense of a good doctor). Each time, passing by the institution, Giuseppe looked out the window and checked if he was sick. If he was not there, this meant a deterioration in the health status of the old man, and Moscati would go to his home on the outskirts of the city in the near future.
He devoted a lot of time to students and novice doctors, sharing with them his knowledge and experience, saying: "There is no hierarchy near the patient."
Many asked him the question of how he withstands colossal daily stress, depriving his body of good rest. To which the Neapolitan doctor replied: "The one who takes communion every morning has an inexhaustible supply of energy."
All quotes by Giuseppe Moscati are vivid evidence of the purity of his soul.
A film about a life filled with love and selflessness
There are many films in the world, after watching which you think about your life. This is exactly the biographical film Giuseppe Moscati: Healing Love, directed by Giacomo Campiotti.
Both the plot and the production of a picture about the life of a Neapolitan doctor are made at a high professional level. The film looks in one breath. The interweaving of joys and suffering shown in the film can melt even the coldest heart.
A little bit about the plot
The film begins by showing how two friends graduate from the medical academy and prepare for the final exams. Young Moscati was able not only to brilliantly cope with this task, but also to help his friend.
From now on, friends will have a practice in one of the hospitals in Naples, where strict rules cannot be violated, but for them this is the best place to develop their medical skills.
Giuseppe is in the hospital for days and tries to give every patient maximum attention, thereby gaining respect and love among patients. And when an earthquake occurs in Naples, he was the first to run to the rescue and save more than a dozen patients.
Many people, while viewing the painting “Giuseppe Moscati: Healing Love”, come to understand that mercy and faith are more than a daily reading of the Bible and prayer. As the scripture says: "Faith without works is dead."
Canonization
The body of Moscati Giuseppe was reburied in 1930 in Gesu Nuovo (church in Naples). Exactly 45 years later, he was blissful. The process of canonization took place after the mother of a cancer patient in Naples saw in her vision a doctor who healed her son from the disease. From the photograph she presented, she recognized Giuseppe.
The canonization carried out by Pope John Paul became a clear example of the fact that even a modern lay person who has chosen a simple profession can become a saint.
Today, the relics of Moscati Giuseppe are stored in the church of Gesu Nuovo. Within its walls there is a recreated room of the doctor, where several medical instruments that he used, and his clothes are stored.