Charity Hospital (New Orleans, La.) Lunatic Asylum admission book 1841-1848 Charity Hospital (New Orleans, La.) Lunatic Asylum admission book

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Charity Hospital (New Orleans, La.) Lunatic Asylum admission book 1841-1848 Charity Hospital (New Orleans, La.) Lunatic Asylum admission book

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The Charity Hospital (New Orleans, La.) Lunatic Asylum admission book contains admittance records compiled from July 1841-December 1848. The patients, who included men, women, and children from multiple states and countries, were admitted for mental health issues and contagious diseases.

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Charity Hospital (New Orleans, La.)

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The Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, was founded as L'Hôpital des Pauvres de la Charité in 1736, the bequest of shipbuilder Jean Louis. Subsequent buildings were erected in 1743, 1785, 1815, 1832, and 1939. The hospital, which was the city's only facility for the mentally ill until a state asylum opened in 1848, admitted men, women, and children throughout the 1840s. The institution later came under the jurisdiction of Louisiana State University. The Charity Hospital building sat unoc...