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| Picture No | 10205466 |
| Date | 17th/18th centuries |
| Description | PARIS SALPETRIERE |
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The manufactory of saltpeter (potassium nitrate) used to make gunpowder : in the 19th century it will become one of Paris's leading hospitals, associated with Charcot etc.
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| Source | engraving by Blanch from an old print |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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