"The public hospitals, which as institution originates in the middle age, were called in France Hôtels-Dieu. They were places where roof and assistance were given in the God's name to the patients or to the moribund ones.
But be careful with idealizing this. During the pest, el Hôtel-Dieu of Paris was so full of people that "three persons were occupying every bed: a patient, a dying person and another one dead"."
But be careful with idealizing this. During the pest, el Hôtel-Dieu of Paris was so full of people that "three persons were occupying every bed: a patient, a dying person and another one dead"."
John Berger
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