Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
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The Mazarin entrance to the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
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A clinical lession in the Salpêtrière: Charcot demonstrates the effects of hysteria, with his patient Blanche Wittman. Painting by André Brouillet, 1887.
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1857 lithograph by Armand Gautier, showing personifications of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotomania and paralysis in the gardens of the Hospice de la Salpêtrière.
Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital (French: [opital ynivɛʁsitɛʁ pitje salpɛtʁijɛʁ]) is a well-known hospital in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.[1] It is one of Europe's largest hospitals.[2] It has a long history of treating patients with mental illnesses. Many famous people worked there, like Sigmund Freud, Georges-Gilles de la Tourette, and Jean-Martin Charcot.
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Media
Engraving of the Hospital made around 1660 by Adam Pérelle
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital chapel
Pinel's monument at La Salpêtrière by Ludowig Durand, sculptor, 1885
References
- ↑ "Pitié-Salpêtrière Archived 2015-02-27 at the Wayback Machine." Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris. Retrieved on 26 February 2015. "47–83 boulevard de l'Hôpital 75013 Paris"
- ↑ "How to conduct European clinical trials from the Paris Region?" (PDF). CLINICAL TRIALS. BioTeam® Paris Region. February 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2013.