title: [Which has been the first Italian paediatric hospital?].
abstract: The article presents a short history of the first Italian hospital for children founded in Torino by count L. Franchi di Pont in 1843 and approved by the King Carlo Alberto. In year 1845 always in Torino the marchioness Giulia Falletti di Barolo created a hospital devoted to the treatment of 3 to 18 years- aged girls' non infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Già Direttore Istituto Di Puericultura, Università "La Sapienza" di Roma, I.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maggioni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*