Salpêtrière, a renowned hospital (formerlj prison and

hospital) in Paris, on the south side of the Seine. It

was founded about the middle of the XVIIth ccntuiy,

and has been called, since 1823, " Hospice de la Vieil-

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fe8«e." While both hospital and prison it numbered sometîmes 8000 inmates. Since ils reorganization it bas rarely exceeded 4000. Many of the experiments in hypnotism were made in tbis bospital.