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Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital
Also Known As La Pitie · La Salpetriere
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A major Parisian teaching hospital formed in 1964 by the merger of two much older institutions: La Pitie, founded in 1612 under the regency of Marie de Medicis as a refuge for the poor, and La Salpetriere, built from 1656 to 1680 on the site of a former royal gunpowder factory as a hospice for poor, elderly and mentally ill women. Salpetriere became a landmark of neurology and psychiatry in the nineteenth century under Jean-Martin Charcot, whose clinical work there helped found modern neurology. Today, as part of Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, it remains a leading center of French academic medicine.
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Founding YearYear the merged institution Pitie-Salpetriere was formally created; its two predecessor institutions date to 1612 (La Pitie) and 1656 to 1680 (La Salpetriere). Cross-Tradition Connections
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Jean-Martin Charcot's clinical demonstrations at Salpetriere in the second half of the nineteenth century are a founding episode of modern neurology, well established in general histories of medicine.
Salpetriere under Charcot was also a landmark site in the history of psychiatry, later influencing Sigmund Freud among others, well established in general histories of medicine.
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