Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Hôpital Général des pauvres

  • The General Hospital—All are welcome

    Jan KardaunAmsterdam, Netherlands Most people associate a hospital with medical care but would like to stay there as briefly as possible. In 1656, King Louis XIV of France created a General Hospital for all who needed care. It was spacious, elegantly designed, situated at the outskirts of the city of Paris, and free. But there…