Ospedale degli Incurabili

The “Ospedale degli Incurabili” (Hospital for Incurables) in Naples (Via Maria Longo, 50) was founded circa 1519 by Catalan noblewoman Maria Lorenza Longo. The Hospital – still active even if in quite shabby buildings – has played a very relevant role in the town’s medical history and education¹.

• Photos by Luca Borghi @ (August 2008)

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Related items:

• Biagio Lauro’s bust
• Carlo Curzio’s memorial tablet
• Chiostro di Santa Maria delle Grazie
• Crest of the Hospital for Incurables
• Domenico Cirillo’s bust (2)
• Farmacia Storica dell’Ospedale degli Incurabili
• Gaetano Conte memorial tablet
• Giuseppe Moscati memorial tablet
• Humphry Davy’s medallion
• Jeanne-Antide Thouret’s memorial tablet
• Museo delle arti sanitarie with:
  • Domenico Cotugno’s bust
  • First Italian removable public toilet
  • Homeopathy Historical Section
  • Luciano Armanni’s portrait
• Ortomedico
• Well of the Madmen

Bibliography

– V.D.Catapano, Matti agli ‘Incurabili’ di Napoli, Liguori, Napoli 1995.