Thomas Jefferson, the Paris hospitals, and the University of Virginia

Author

Greenbaum, Louis S.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Eighteenth-century studies. 1993, Num. 4, Vol. 26, 607-626, 4 ill.; plans

ISSN

0013-2586

Abstract (en)

Author states: "Among the myriad interests Thomas Jefferson pursued on the vaunted scene of Europe during the five years of his ambassadorship to France (1784-1789) were medicine, public health, and architecture. This essay seeks to demonstrate that they were closely intermingled. In association with colleagues in Paris, Jefferson actively participated in the hospital reform movement of the 1780s. ... French hospital design not only challenged Jefferson's thinking regarding salubrity in public buildings and the clinical training of physicians, but also inspired models he later incorporated in the architecture of the University of Virginia [Charlottesville]".

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- United States
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
• Architecture
• Hygiene
• United States
• 1700-1900
• University of Virginia||Charlottesville (VA, USA)
• Hospitals
• France
• Paris (FRA)
• Americans
• Universities

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- États-Unis
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
• Architecture
• Hygiène
• Etats-Unis
• 1700-1900
• University of Virginia||Charlottesville (VA, USA)
• Hôpital
• France
• Paris (FRA)
• Américains
• Université

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00345207

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