title: [The role of marine hospices as therapeutic support for scrofula treatment in Ferrara in nineteenth-century (corrected)].
abstract: The authors carried out an observational study for the years 1867-1874 on the morbidity of children from Ferrara suffering from scrofula, sent to marine hospices for sea bathing treatment. A total of 490 cases (250 F, 240 M) were studied in relation to the following variables: age, sex, forms of scrofula, years and outcome. In particular, the present work describes the preliminary organizational steps planned to allow the seaside stay, the clinical features and the outcomes. Dissemination of information to the public and to benefactors had the specific aim to strengthen these benefits for those children affected by the sad and serious consequences of scrofula.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Sezione di Igiene e Medicina del Lavoro, Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guidi
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lupi
authors.forename: Chiara Beatrice
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Vicentini
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manfredini
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Altieri
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scivales
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Contini
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D006738:Hospices / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy