Une réflexion sur la forme des salles d’hôpital : le mémoire du médecin Hugues Maret et son illustration par Jacques-Germain Soufflot

Following the fire that destroyed the Paris Hôtel-Dieu in 1772, the government entrusted the Académie des Sciences with the task of designing a new establishment according to the medical norms of the day. The memoir of the doctor Hugues Maret, illustrated by Jacques-Germain Soufflot, is a part of th...

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Main Author: Marc Lauro
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication 2017-02-01
Series:In Situ
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/13914
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Summary:Following the fire that destroyed the Paris Hôtel-Dieu in 1772, the government entrusted the Académie des Sciences with the task of designing a new establishment according to the medical norms of the day. The memoir of the doctor Hugues Maret, illustrated by Jacques-Germain Soufflot, is a part of this debate about the best form to be given to hospital buildings. It allows an analysis of what may be called pre-pasteurian aerism: air in movement contributes to the healing processes and becomes mortal if it stagnates. The text announces other evolutions during the nineteenth century which will make the hospital a collective facility and a ‘healing machine’ in the service of the population.
ISSN:1630-7305