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The poor received free treatment at hospitals, six senior doctors were employed and food and wine were served to patients - 14th Century Florence could challenge our own NHS
The poor received free treatment at hospitals, six senior doctors were employed and food and wine were served to patients - 14th Century Florence could challenge our own NHS<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/history-science-technology-and-medicine/history-medicine/the-italian-patient-santa-maria-nuova" /> The Renaissance Secrets team. The Renaissance Secrets team created a series of programmes for The Open University exploring the ideas and surprises of from the re-birth of human inventiveness.<br />First published on Tue, 29 Mar 2005 as <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/history-science-technology-and-medicine/history-medicine/the-italian-patient-santa-maria-nuova">The Italian Patient - Santa Maria Nuova</a>. To find out more visit The Open University's <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ole-home-page">Openlearn</a> website. Copyright 2005
