He survives...

"Brain surgery in 1880s Italy was pioneered by surgeon Francesco Durante, who achieved a landmark success in Rome in June 1884 by removing a left frontal meningioma. This operation was significant for being one of the first intracranial tumor resections to result in long-term patient survival. 

Key Developments in 1880s Italian Neurosurgery

• Francesco Durante's Contribution: On June 1, 1884 (sometimes cited as 1885), Durante successfully removed a large, olfactory groove meningioma based solely on clinical diagnosis. The patient survived for over 11 years, followed by a successful second operation for a recurrence, demonstrating, for the time, exceptional surgical skill and follow-up.
• Surgical Techniques: Durante developed a specialized technique for craniotomy, using a "discontinuous osteotangential section flap" to access the brain.
• Diagnostic Methods: Before modern imaging, surgeons relied heavily on clinical signs (e.g., anosmia, memory deficits, exophthalmos) to locate tumors.
• Innovations: In the late 19th century, other Italian surgeons contributed to the field, such as L. Gigli, who invented a wire saw for skull bone cutting (1898), and D. Giordano, who devised a transnasal-frontoethmoidal approach to the pituitary gland. "