| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hospitals |
 | | Santa Maria Nuova at Florence had a separate section (pazzeria) for delirious patients. |
 | | Similar provision was made for maternity cases, and the patients were kept in the hospital for three weeks after parturition. |
 | | That due attention was paid to cleanliness and comfort is evident from what the records tell of baths, bed-linens, ventilation, and heating by means of fireplaces or braziers. |
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