title: [General Counsel for Administration of Public Hospitals in Paris: creation of a public health institution].
abstract: In 1801, Napoleon Bonaparte established the Conseil Général des Hospices de Paris, as the first centralized authority to manage all Parisian civilian hospitals. Through an examination of the debates and statements surrounding its creation, and its founding rules and regulations, its purpose will be shown to be twofold: to enforce the values of proper administration and morality, and to support certain medical advancements. The Conseil heralded the birth of a public health institution which would become, some 50 years later, the Assistance-Publique.
authors: Laboratoire SPHERE, Paris.
authors: Antoine
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authors: Ermakoff