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FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT. 87
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Paris, February, 1863.
_^ substantial and delieiousl order y prepared ; but in . this ienic Those particul lessons who ar are one admitted it is hi food ghl here y nutr receive itive l
also admirabl cleanlin in a ess prac , ven tical ulated tila form tion and , & yg c . each , & c . ward The contains bathing as regards establishment but three , persona beds is ;
an arrangemen hing y being reg t more which depress should i be univers than f or ly adop sick ted person in hosp to it find als , ,
no ng perhaps himself in greater the sam sufferers e room w than ith for himself ty or fifty . There who are is a grea library t , or
as attached atlases to the Asile numerous Imperiale coll , con tion tainin of engravin g 2000 boo gs k w s , as h well are
all at the , disposal of the inmates . Three years ago , t , he average
number of those who took advantage of the reading room did not exceed thirty each day , but within the i las to t their year state it has of
exceeded healthtak six e ty their . The meal convalescents s in their , beds accord or in the refectories .
They have , free access to all the gardens of the establishment , _and heated in by win stoves ter can Those walk who abou choose t in vas to t do promenoirs so can amuse , which them are
-. bone selves carv by ing working , knittin at g such socks things , drawing h as t mat , & c l . and ; and basket i finally the making , divers ,
g air ames or in are the allowe promenoirs d , which kee afford p time from ealhfu hang exerc ing heavil se in y durin open g bad , weather
The workmen . who can be admitted into the Asile Imperiale de Vincennes are divided into _sixoclasses . The first class illness
includes those who have been wounded or attacked with of . w Each hile d recommendation a one engaged doct of or ' s these certificate in public is from gratuitousl works stating the inspector in the y the received disease department under on or whom wound showing of he the for worked a Seine which letter . ,
he has been treated . Secour The second Mutuels class approved includes by those the dep belong artm ing ent to of Socieies the Seine de .
classes T the o enco to co ge has -operate _^ th decided ese bod in th i try es at , ing Paris and to workm to improve stimulate en who their the are condit members working ion ,
_rf such Emperor societies shall be admitted at a cost of 50 centimes per iiemwhich it is not to in advance . When a
_Society , de Secours Mutuel necessary is desirous pay to take advantage of the nust ben vho efits at intimate once held authorises out the to wish its members him by writing to send by to this to the the in Minister s Asy titution lum of , " its the les President Interior membres ,
; De oartici provided pant eu with _& tat a medical de convalescence certificate ; " , stating each of the whom nature must of also his
/ nalad rith a y letter and the of time recommendation when his convalescence in which commenced the bearer ' , s along , age ,
From Our Paris Correspondent. 87
FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT . 87
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 37, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/37/
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