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In Memory of Martha Harris, a Master and a friend, who was able to combine depth and sharpness of insight in her work with the gift of her great humanity
FAUST: But I am not searching for salvation through indifference; to be greatly moved is the best thing about being human; and when a man is moved, he senses the deep and Infinite, even though the world makes feeling difficult for him.
Goethe, Faust
The number of people I wish to thank for helping me with the experience that has gone into this book is very great: firstly, the young patients and their parents; Professor Adriana Guareschi; Federico Bergonzi, the first head physician of the Neonatal Pathology Department; his successor and the current head physician, Luigi Gargantini; and the medical staff: Lina Cazzaniga, Orazio Consolo, Sergio Comelli, Renato Fenini, Maria Teresa Oggionni, Luigi Re, Franco Suardelli, and Enrica Sampellegrini. I am also greatly indebted to the nursing staff: Giusy Molinai, Piera Zerbi, Danila Pintus, Emanuela Bezza, Antonella Carminati, Rosita Ciocca, Rosanna Facchetti, Vanessa Frau, Angela Garatti, Isabella Guerini Silvia Guarnerio, Graziella Locati, Monica Manetta, Cecilia Marchesi, Anna Maria Martinenghi, Paola Martinenghi, Lucia Mauri, Luciana Metalli, Anna Maria Nardini, Bambina Nesi, Susanna Petrò, Vilma Petrò, Monica Pianazza, Lucia Pizzocchero, Grazia Possenti, Elena Resmini, Cinzia Rota, Elisabetta Simonelli, Serena Tomsic, and