Excerpt from The North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 11: January and April, 1831 We commence with the Ospedale dell' finnunziata, or the foundling hospital. This establishment was founded in 1304, by Nicholas and James Scondito, richly endowed by Sancia, the wife of king Robert, in 1309, and greatly enlarged by queen Joanna the Second, in 1348. The building presents an im posing appearance, and is large in all its dimensions. The latter circumstance, indeed, owing to the objects for which the house was erected, was indispensable; for the hospital may be regarded as a triple institution, one part of which is destined for the accommodation of the foundlings and their nurses; a second, as an infirmary for such of the former as are affected with disease; while a third is reserved for the reception and maintenance of all the girls who have been received during their infancy in the establishment, and have been fortunate, or perhaps unfortunate enough, to survive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.