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86 TBOM OUR PABIS CORRESPONDENT.
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VIII.—FItOM OUR PABIS COEBESPOJSTDEET:
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Paris, February, 1863.
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86 Tbom Our Pabis Correspondent.
86 _TBOM OUR PABIS CORRESPONDENT .
Viii.—Fitom Our Pabis Coebespojstdeet:
VIII . —FItOM OUR PABIS _COEBESPOJSTDEET :
Paris, February, 1863.
Paris , February , 1863 .
Imperiale In a former de letter St . Denis , a descri and the ption distribution was given of of prizes the there _Maisore at
which the Empress presided . The burthen of this shall be , the Asile Imperiale de Vincenneswhich was constructed by virtue
of a decree dated March 8 , , 1855 , and opened about the same time that the Boulevard Sebastopol was inaugurated . It is
situated in the Park of _Vincennes _, near the Imperial Farm , and not far from the traditional oak beneath which St . Louis
sometimes administered justice . This asylum was created for the purpose of restoring * to the convalescent workman the strength
comfort which is that lost during intermediate sickness stag , and _-e between of enabling illness him . and to pass health in
which , if spent amid the wretchedness of a starving family , so seriously tries the constitution . Since 1857 , more than 36 , 000
contain workmen s 500 have beds passed and some is constructed weeks at the in such Asile a Imperiale as to , which afford ample accommodation , to 10000 persons annuall way y . Out of this
numberthere have been but , few who did not return to their families , in the enjoyment of restored health . The duration of
but each as convalescent a general rule ' s sojourn few remain is regulated in this b asy y his lum state for m of ore health than ,
22 days , and it rarely happens that any quit it before the eihteenth day after admittance . It would be difficult to find
in g the environs of any great city an hospital so well adapted torestore to health and cheerfulness a person who has lost both as
be the sai Vincennes d to be comp Asylum letel . y in Althoug the country h at the . gates The air of of Paris Vincennes , it may
is remarkable for its purity ; the park is even more beautifully laid advantage out than of the the latter Bois de in being Boulogne less , -fr as equented well kept and , and two has -thirds the
l avenues arger . and The al soil leys is that also win san d throug dy , in h consequence the wood are never of which mudd , the
no matter how wet the weather may be ; and rarely dusty during y , the hottest weeks of July and August . The hospital itself doe _»
not in the least look like an hospital . The dull uniformity prevailing which architects character , as of a general a refuge rule for sick , seem peop to le thin has k been shoul avoided d be the ;
and the director of the establishment has beau , tified with flowers the courtswhich have a sunny aspectand are furnished with
seats of that , very commodious shape , which one finds in the Pare de Monceau and along the Avenue de l'lmperatrice . The
diet of the Paris Hospitals is not in most cases of a very
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 36, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/36/
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