The Notre-Dame Hospital is an exceptional heritage of Wallonia, it was built in 1242 and is one of the last vestiges of hospitals from the Middle Ages. The community of Augustinian nuns came to the aid of the poor, a role it held until 1980 when the establishment was no longer a geriatric service. Since then, it has been open to visitors who discover facilities whose state of conservation is remarkable. The richness of the various collections recalls the daily work of the nuns and the evolution of health care over eight centuries.
In medical and pharmaceutical collections, one can pin bloodletting
dishes, lancets, enemas and even enemas themselves intended to extirpate
corrupt humors.
The hospital was run by Augustian nuns
The garden
The entrance
The surgeon looks like a butcher
The various instruments for the surgeries, there were a lot more (I think when you see this you won't say at my time it was better)
For studies a hole was drilled in the skull
the garden entrance
Fortunately we had crossed the beautiful garden before returning home ! Suddenly I was happy that we "only" had the Covid and Putin. The instruments for surgery were absolutely horrible. A saw to cut open the head or a driller to make a hole in it. This is how they wanted to heal the mentally disturbed people.
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I get some of the same feeling when I see surgical kits at our war museum.
ReplyDeleteAs we would say in Dutch: Griselijk. also: Afschuwelijk Or in Italian: spaventoso, among others...
ReplyDeleteAt least the 'surgery' stuff...
Those nuns sure did a lot of merciful work.
The flowery garden entrance is as magnificent as the tools of the surgeon are horrifying, with a little "Jack the Ripper" vibe. Thank goodness, some things at least have improved over time.
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