Sights and sensations in France, Germany, and Switzerland; or, Experiences of an American journalist in Europe .. . aban-donment of the child was rendered much easier thanit is at present, the crime of infanticide has greatlyincreased in the departments where the boxes havebeen removed, the average annual number of caseshaving risen from 104 to 196. The question of re-storing the tour in the Paris hospital, and in the oth-ers where it has been abolished, is seriously discussed,and public opinion throughout France is decidedlyin favor of it. The number of foundling hospitals inFrance is one hun
Sights and sensations in France, Germany, and Switzerland; or, Experiences of an American journalist in Europe .. . aban-donment of the child was rendered much easier thanit is at present, the crime of infanticide has greatlyincreased in the departments where the boxes havebeen removed, the average annual number of caseshaving risen from 104 to 196. The question of re-storing the tour in the Paris hospital, and in the oth-ers where it has been abolished, is seriously discussed,and public opinion throughout France is decidedlyin favor of it. The number of foundling hospitals inFrance is one hundred and fifty-two. By the law of France, an illegitimate child can bo 9 194 AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST IN EUROPE. legitimatized by the simple acknowledgment of thefather, made, of course, in due legal form. This isindeed frequently done. The statistics of the year1864 (the latest which have been published) exhibitthe following facts : The population of Paris is 1,696,000; the birthsamounted to 53,863 ; of these, 38,997 were legitimate,14,866 illegitimate; and, of the latter, 3600 were recognized by their CHAPTER X. A CHAMBER OF HORRORS. The Dissecting rooms at Clamart.—The Salle de Reception.—The Subjects.—Food for Meditation. iiTTTlLL you make a day of horrors of it? asked * my medical friend as we were sitting a filet aux champignons and a steaming cup ofrich coffee; will you make a day of horrors of it, andcome with me to the dissecting-rooms, where you willsee about a hundred subjects ? Ill see about it,I answered, and in the mean time let us drop thesubject until we have discussed this breakfast. Sowe conversed upon more cheerful topics until we hadfinished, when I concluded that, having commenced,I would make a day of horrors of it, and we start-ed for Clamart, the principal dissecting-place of building, which was formerly a hospital, is appro-priately located upon the site of an ancient burial-ground, and the entrance to it is laid o
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