[Life and achievements of an hospital director: Enrico Ronzani].

Life and achievements of an hospital director: Enrico Ronzani. The paper illustrates the life and the achievements of Enrico Ronzani, born in Padua and graduated in Medicine at the Bologna University. He directed the hospitals of Florence and the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan, promoting its growth until it became the seat of the Medical School promoted by Prof Mangiagalli, and he himself became Full Professor of Hygiene.