Spedali Degli Innocenti, the Foundling Hospital in Florence, Italy

Summers, Bruce

¹The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, Shropshire, UK
²The University of Keele Medical School, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK

Bruce Summers, The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, Shropshire TF1 6TF, UK; [email protected], [email protected]

Accepted October 26, 2015

Medical Humanities 42(2):p 141-142, June 2016. | DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2015-010774

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.