title: Spedali Degli Innocenti, the Foundling Hospital in Florence, Italy.
abstract: The author reflects on a visit to the Ospedale Degli Innocenti, the former Renaissance foundling hospital in Florence, having escaped from an international clinical conference. He considers the symbolism of the architecture and artwork in relation to its function as a sanctuary for abandoned children.
authors.affiliation: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, Shropshire, UK The University of Keele Medical School, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D001108:Architecture / Q000266:history*; D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D002648:Child; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy; D019372:Orphanages / Q000266:history*; D013561:Symbolism