tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post2409093810160686333..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: Gunpowder and PityAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-11016448073232348732014-01-31T01:18:38.547+01:002014-01-31T01:18:38.547+01:00What a coincidence that you post this just after t...What a coincidence that you post this just after the French President's mistress has just spent 10 days there recovering from nervous stress.Marc Pielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-1296567637631753142009-05-29T18:36:26.006+02:002009-05-29T18:36:26.006+02:00Un très beau message, on sent comme la naissance d...Un très beau message, on sent comme la naissance de ton fils t'a transformé en un instant. <br />Le passé tragique des bâtiments heureusement ne perdure pas. Sinon il ne nous faudrait habiter que dans des bâtiments modernes ou périodiquement, comment dire, désenvoutés ? <br />Pour ma part je suis née dans une maison en bois construite sans un clou comme une maison de trappeur et mes deux parents Cergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623905868861239570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-5001682614747703942009-05-29T16:17:56.920+02:002009-05-29T16:17:56.920+02:00Caroline: I forgot to mention Pinel by name, but h...Caroline: I forgot to mention Pinel by name, but he was the one credited with changing the way the mentally ill were treated. Incidently, if you go to the Charcot library on the site, you pass by a large mural taken from <A HREF="http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/celebrations2005/images/096.jpg" REL="nofollow">a painting by Tony Robert-Fleury</A> of Pinel liberating the 'aliénés'.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-53845983483300993222009-05-29T14:24:43.127+02:002009-05-29T14:24:43.127+02:00Lovely piece, excellent history research... my two...Lovely piece, excellent history research... my two daughters were both born in Bon Secours, not far away in the 14eme... I share your memory of trepidation and joy and walking the streets and seeking refuge at moments in Parisian places nearby. <br /><br />Amazing the stories that turn up if one scratches the surface a little... no doubt mental health care was a terrifying subject in centuries Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-19292767662017258362009-05-29T00:39:28.779+02:002009-05-29T00:39:28.779+02:00You really know how to make history fascinating! A...You really know how to make history fascinating! A lot of nice statements and thoughts here - again!PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-29495748540415673142009-05-28T21:01:54.778+02:002009-05-28T21:01:54.778+02:00How very interesting that the site of a brutal mas...How very interesting that the site of a brutal massacre became the site of a psychiatry unit.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-34319334477237912732009-05-28T17:16:38.383+02:002009-05-28T17:16:38.383+02:00I had no idea that France also transported prisone...I had no idea that France also transported prisoners to its colonies, as did England. <br /><br />I must be a different experience becoming a parent within such old walls, as compared to those of a mall-like recently-constructed hospital.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-82677782632723563692009-05-28T13:37:35.801+02:002009-05-28T13:37:35.801+02:00A wonderful post - I'd previously come across this...A wonderful post - I'd previously come across this hospital with reference to Philippe Pinel and his introduction of 'moral management' of the insane but had little idea of what it's like today or its wider history.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.com