Hospice des Aliénès
Benoist, Félix (sec. XIX)
Sabatier, Léon Jean Baptiste (m. 1877)
Rome : Vue prise du Mont Janicule: Hospice des Aliénés, dû à la munificence de S. S. Pie IX = Roma: Veduta presa dal Monte Gianicolo: Manicomio stabilito per la munificenza di S.S. Pio IX / Félix Benoist del.; lith. avec Sabatier; fig. par Bayot. – [Paris : Henri Charpentier, 1870]. – 1 stampa; 331 x
In: Rome dans sa grandeur : vues, monuments anciens et modernes : description, histoire, institutions ... / Dessins d’après nature par Philippe Benoist et Félix Benoist; texte par MM. Frans de Champagny (de l’Académie Française), Eugène de
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The lithograph, based on the drawing by Bayot (Adolphe Jean Baptiste, no. 1810?) is included in Chapter III (Institutions de charité), written by Eugène de
Of particular interest is the information on the patients, taken by the author from previous reports written by Monsignor Carlo Luigi Morichini and Dr. Lefebvre.
In 1837, the hospital fed 376 persons daily; average stage, 773 days; ratio between men and women 2.60 to 1.51 (but it is later observed that the women had a higher mortality rate); cures: 36.53 out of 100 persons; mortality: 5.54 out of 100 persons.
In 1858 the hospital housed about 420 patients, and had a special administration with an annual budget of 15,000 scudi excluding the fees paid by the wealthy families.
The patients were fed with
The work containing the lithograph consists of three volumes (