Ferrero Fernando
Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 2012;69(3):133-4.
Considering the history of medicine, pediatrics is relatively a recent discipline and so are the institutions devoted to it. The "Spedale degli Innocenti" (Florence, 1419) was the first institution devoted to child care; and is not by chance that it was an orphanage, because the "hospital" concept was then more related to hosting and careing than to health. It was in the 19th century when the pediatric hospitals, as we know them today, appear in Europe (L'Hôpital Des Enfants-Malades, Paris, 1802) and North America (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1855); surprisingly "Casa Cuna" (Hospital de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, 1779) was already there, witnessing the foundation of both institutions.
纵观医学史，儿科学是一门相对较新的学科，致力于儿科学的机构也是如此。“圣灵医院”（佛罗伦萨，1419年）是第一家致力于儿童护理的机构；它是一家孤儿院并非偶然，因为当时的“医院”概念更多地与收容和照料有关，而非健康。19世纪，我们如今所熟知的儿科医院出现在欧洲（巴黎的儿童疾病医院，1802年）和北美（费城儿童医院，1855年）；令人惊讶的是，“育婴堂”（布宜诺斯艾利斯的佩德罗·德·伊利亚尔德儿童医院，1779年）早已存在，见证了这两家机构的创立。
