Hôpital Saint-Louis

The Hôpital Saint -Louis is a hospital in Paris. It is located in the 10th arrondissement and is now part of the public hospital network Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP -HP). It was built in 1607 and occupies an entire stretch of road. Entrances to the site are both 2, place du Docteur - Alfred Fournier and 1, avenue Claude- Vellefaux. The nearest metro stations are Colonel Fabien Goncourt and the lines 2 and 11

History

The hospital Saint -Louis was created by order of the French King Henry IV of 19 May 1607 and belonged to a previous dimensions surpassing expansion program for the capital after the destruction of the French Wars of Religion. Ever since the King Francis I, the idea of ​​a Pestkrankenhauses was discussed, but has not been performed. The plague patients were maintained with other patients together at the Hôtel -Dieu. Since 1596, 1605 and 1606 plague broke out in Paris, it was recognized that the patients had to be isolated. They chose outside the city walls, a slightly elevated terrain and secured funding by increasing the salt tax. On July 13, 1607 foundation stone was laid and the plague hospital was named after Saint Louis, who had died of the plague in 1270. In the 17th century the hospital was only in plague, ie 1619, 1623, 1625, 1628, 1636 and 1638 into operation, and the staff was provided by the Hôtel- Dieu. After the Hôtel- Dieu burned down in 1772, the Hôpital Saint -Louis was used permanently. As of 1801, Hôpital Saint -Louis became the Special Hospital for Skin Diseases.

Architecture

The engineer and royal architect Claude Chastillon drew up the plans, and commissioned by the Hôtel -Dieu architect Claude Vellefaux director of works. Around a central, rectangular and green inner courtyard group of four 120 meter long building. The corner building have a tower-like structure and the whole area was surrounded by a garden and enclosed by a wall, so that no one could or go out without a control. Smaller outbuildings were built for the nuns, nurses and other staff. This area, which also houses the kitchens, a bakery and other facilities were, was specially separated by a wall from the hospital. The patients were treated over a guarded passage with all necessities. The chapel, which was completed in 1610 as the first building, located on the perimeter, so that they could be accessed both from outside and from the hospitals. On the hospital grounds there was also a garden for medicinal herbs and a cemetery. The patients were housed in four eight -meter long dormitories and had no contact with the outside world.

Today's state

Since the 19th century, the Hôpital Saint -Louis developed an internationally recognized specialist hospital of Dermatology, Venereology and hematology. The following well-known doctors on duty in hospital: Jean -Louis Alibert, Guillaume Jean Lugol, Jean Dausset (1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ) and Jean Bernard. Among the most famous patients included Paul Verlaine, Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec and August Strindberg.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, numerous outbuildings were constructed that changed the overall architectural impression strongly. While the old main building, under heritage protection ( monument historique ) has been made, began in 1974 under the direction of architect Daniel Badani and Pierre Roux- Dorlut to build on the northern premises of a modern hospital.

Gallery

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