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acquaintance of several noted men and women of that time, among -whom were Alexander von Humboldt, Prince Piickler-Muskau, Bettina von Arnim, and many others. In 1861 she took up her residence in Florence, where she passed the rest of her life. She married a lieutenant of the Italian army, Cavaliere

Assignment Asson

"Jews of Angevin England," pp. 329-336). The assize for the thirteenth century has not yet been collected. J

ASSON, MICHELANGELO:

Grimelli,

Italian physician and medical author; born at Verona June 21, 1802; died at Venice Dec. 2, 1877. Asson's father

later (1875).

dying while

from whom she was divorced two years Ludmilla founded in Florence a public school, in which instruction in German was compulsory. Toward the close of her life she became afflicted with brain trouble, from which she never recovered, her death occurring- in the insane asylum of San Bonifazio, Florence. As a writer, Ludmilla Assing belonged to the school of Varnhagen. Her literary activity was chiefly directed toward biography. She translated from the Italian Mazzini's works (Hamburg, 1868, 2 vols.), and the works of Piero Cironi. She wrote also in Italian. The posthumous works of her uncle were edited by her, and for this she was sentenced, in 1863, to eight months', and agaia, in 1864, to two years', imprisonment by the Prussian government for disrespect to the king and queen, because the works of Varnhagen that were published under her direction disclosed some scandals of the court. As she was residing in Florence at that time, the intended punishment did not affect her. She was pardoned, however, in 1866, but she preferred, nevertheless, to remain in Italy. Her biographical works include the lives of: "Grafin Elise von Ahlefeldt," Berlin, 1857; "Sophie von La Roche, die Freundin Wieland's," Berlin, 1859; "Furst Hermann Piickler-Muskau,"

Hamburg,

1868, 2 vols.



"

Piero Cironi, ein Beitrag

zur. Geschichte der Revolution in Italien," Leipsic,

1867; "BiographischePortrats," Leipsic, 1871. She published in Italian; "Vita di Piero Cironi," Prato, 1865; "La Posizione Sociale della Donna," Milan, 1866 " In Memoria di Giovanni Grilenzoni, " Genoa,

1868.

Bibltogeaphy



Bornmiiller, Bioqraphisches Lexicon,

1.

29

Brockhaus, Conversations-Lexicon, ii. 81; Larousse, Dictionnaire, 2d supplement, xvii. 376 G. Vapereau, Diet, des Contemporains, p. 78; Meyer, Conversations-Lexicon,

ii.

15.

W.

s.

ASSIR:

1.

A

S.

son of Korah, a Levite (Ex.

vi.

and in the list of I Chron. vi. 7). 2. Son of Ebiasaph and great-grandson of Assir, son of Korah 3. Son of Jeconiah, found in (I Chron. vi. 8, 22). the genealogical lists of the kings of Judah (I Chron. " Assir " is interpreted by the R. V. as " capiii. 17). 24,

but the rendering most improbable.

tive "

j.

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Jeconiah the captive

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G. B. L.

jr.

JEWRY

An expression used in ASSIZE OF the thirteenth century in England for the laws and customs regulating the relations between Jews and Christians in that country, and especially binding upon the decisions of the Exchequer op the Jews. Like most early English law, it was never officially compiled, being derived partly from written and partly from unwritten sources. The former consisted of church ordinances, and of agreements between the king and the Jews, formulated in specific charters. An attempt at reconstructing the Assize of Jewry for the twelfth century will be found in Jacobs,

his son was still an infant, the family such straitened circumstances that an uncle undertook Asson's education. The latter attended the academy of his native town and the uni-

was

left in

versities of

Padua and Pavia, taking a postgraduate

course at Milan.

After graduating as doctor of medicine in 1825, Asson returned to Verona and practised there as a physician until 1831, when he removed to Venice. There he built up a large practise, becoming one of the leading surgeons of northern Italy. During the cholera epidemic in 1835 he opened an auxiliary hospital at St. Toma, and was one of the organizers of the municipal hospital there, the chief surgeon of which he became in 1840 in succession to Rimas. During the rebellion against Austria in 1849 Asson was exceedingly active in medical work, being appointed chief surgeon of the military hospital of Chieri, and doing medical duty at the battle of Novara,

and

in

the

war between

Italy

and Austria,

From 1857 he had been professor of anatthe Academy of Art, Venice, and in 1863 was

1859-60.

omy

at

appointed professor of surgery in the newly founded medical and surgical school of the municipal hospital in that city. His long and very successful medical career was ended in 1872 by a paralytic stroke, after which he lingered for five years. Asson was a member of several medical societies, both native and foreign, including those of Genoa, Bologna, Constantinople, and Berlin. Asson was a prolific medical author, having written about 120 essays and books. He was not, however, very original, and his works, though very interesting as they give an insight into the medical, especially the anatomical and surgical, knowledge of

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the Italy of his times are not of lasting importance. translated into Italian Bichat's " Anatomie" and contributed articles to Falconetti's " Enciclopedia Among his many e Dizionario di Conversazione. " essays and works the following may be mentioned " Storia Singulare di un Calcolo Vescico Ure(1) trale," in "Annales Univ. di Mediche," June, 1827, No. 126; (2) " Considerazioni Teoretico-Pratiche sull' Arteriotomia, " Venice, 1831; (3) "Sopra un

He

Caso di Spostamento della Lente Cristallina," in " Antologia Medica, " April, 1834, Venice (4) " Dizionario Enciclopedico delle Scienze Mediche," Venice, 1834; (5) "Intorno alia Prima Invasione del Cholera Morbus in Venezia," a report on the cholera epidemic, jointly with Cortese, Fario, and Pancrazio, in "Ann. Univ. di Mediche," Milan, 1836; (6) " Osservazioni Anatomo-Patologiche e Cliniche Intorno all' Arteriasi Cronica o Arterolitiasi, " in "Memoriale della Medica Contempor.," Nos. 3-6, Genoa, 1839; (7) " Bibliografia Chirurgica," in "Memoriale della Medica Contempor. " Genoa, 1841 (8) " Osservazioni

,



sopra un Angina di Petto Ossificazione dell' Arteria Coronaria sinistra con Alcune Riflessioni Intorno 1' Arterolitiasi ed Altri Casi Practici," in "Giornale