Description
- Abstract:
- A copy of an engraving by Rigaud from the early 18th century. By this time, the "hospital", for the most part, served as a prison for indigents, terminally and mentally ill patients, and prostitutes, with very little treatment offered to the mentally ill.
Citation
"La Salpêtrière"
(1925).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:1102229/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
...The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.
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