Autograph letter signed, inviting the recipient to a costume ball at the Salpêtrière hospital, 23 Mar. 1881.

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Autograph letter signed, inviting the recipient to a costume ball at the Salpêtrière hospital, 23 Mar. 1881.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Legrand du Saulle, dr (Henri), 1830-1886

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Legrand du Saulle practiced medicine in the fields of psychiatry and forensics. He was associated with the psychiatric hospital, la Salpêtrière, in Paris. From the description of Autograph letter signed, inviting the recipient to a costume ball at the Salpêtrière hospital, 23 Mar. 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864369 ...

Salpêtrière (Hospital)

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The Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France was built in 1603 as an arsenal and converted by 1656 into an almshouse for elderly indigent women. During the eighteenth century, the hospital developed facilities for the care of the infirm and insane; its reputation for psychiatric care furthered by Phillippe Pinel (1745-1826), Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772-1840), and Jules Gabriel François Baillarger (1809-1890). In 1862, J. M. (Jean-Martin) Charcot (1825-1893) and Edmé Félix Alfred Vulpian (18...