In the 1903 some Lastaria's friends dedicated to him two parchments that now are preserved in Antonio Centore's Room in the Francesco Lastaria's hospital in Lucera.
- THE FIRST PARCHMENT
In the first parchment you can read these words:
"AL DOTTOR FRANC. LASTARIA PERCHE' FONDA IN UN UNICO RICORDO LA SUA NOMINA A PROFESSORE DI MEDICINA OPERATORIA E L' IMMUTABILE AFFETTO DEI SUOI AMICI…LUCERA 20 AGOSTO 1903".
"TO THE DOCTOR FRANC. LASTARIA SO THAT REMENBER HIS NOMINATION AS PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE SURGERY AND HIS UNCHANGED LOVE OF HIS FRIENDS…LUCERA AUGUST 1903".
- THE SECOND PARCHMENT
In the second parchment you can read these words:
"CON AFFETTO DI COLLEGHI ED ORGOGLIO DI CITTADINI, I SOCI DELL'UNIONE MEDICA DI LUCERA RENDONO OMAGGIO ALLA DOTTRINA E ALLA VALENTIA DEL DOTTOR FRAN. LASTARIA NOMINATO LIBERO DOCENTE DI MEDICINA OPERATORIA NELL' ATENEO NAPOLITANO.
A LUI CHE, DALL' ESERCIZIO PROFESSIONALE IN MODESTE CITTA' DI PROVINCIA, SEPPE ELEVARSI PER VIRTU' PROPRIA, CON STUDIO ASSIDUO E VOLONTA' TENACE, A FAMA DI CHIRURGO INSIGNE, I COLLEGHI OFFRONO QUESTA PERGAMENA A RICORDARE LA BEN MERITATA NOMINA, PREMIO E TESTIMONIANZA DEL VALORE DI LUI. LUCERA 20 AGOSTO 1903".
"WITH AFFECTION OF COLLEAGUES AND PRIDE OF CITIZENS, THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION MEDICAL TRIBUTE TO THE DOCTRINE AND VALENCIA OF LASTARIA WHO WAS APPOINTED PROFFESSOR OF MEDICINE SURGERY IN UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES. (…) HIS COLLEAGUES GIVE HIM THIS PARCHMENT IN ORDER TO REMENBER THE WELL-DESERVED NOMINATION THAT WAS A PRIZE OF HIS GREAT MERIT. LUCERA 20 AUGUST 1903".
- Photos by Livia Dell'Aquila ti.liamtoh|aliuqalledaivil#| (December 2010).
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