A short account of some of the principal hospitals of France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands : with remarks upon the climate and diseases of those countries / by H. W. Carter.

  • Carter, H. W. (Harry William), 1787-1863.
Date:
1819
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Credit: A short account of some of the principal hospitals of France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands : with remarks upon the climate and diseases of those countries / by H. W. Carter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    ample operated so effectually in favour of the hospital, that he deservedly obtained the title of its second founder. The exhorta- tions of St.Vincent from the pulpit, not only induced the people in general to turn their attention towards PHotel Dieu, but they roused the court to active chanty, and it be- came the fashion for females, distinguished for birth and beauty, to attend the sick, to in- quire into, and alleviate their distresses, and even to administer their food and medicines. In the last century PHotel Dieu had once more fallen into neglect. Many abuses had crept into its administration, two or more patients were crowded into one bed, and in short strangers, who visited it, a little while previous to the breaking out of the Revolution, united in representing it as 4 a scene of dirt and wretchedness. The re- ports of M. M* Tenon, and Bailly, opened the eyes of the public to the miserable state of the hospital; improvements were pro- posed by M. Clavereaux, which were adopted by the government, and a general reform took place. When I saw the hos-