Charity Hospital School of Nursing - Caps and Capes Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF HOSPITAL In the year 1736 ' Thospital des pauvres de la Charite” was established through the bequest of a sailor named Jean Louis. The structure, known as St. John’s Hospital, is heralded as the original Charity Hospital of New Orleans and is one of the oldest hospitals in the United States. This building was replaced by a second hospital which was devastated by a hurricane in 1779 and rebuilt later by a great philanthropist, Don Almonaster y Roxas, a Spanish nobleman. An act of the legislature of the year 1813 may be considered the incorporation of the Charity Hospital as an institution of the State of Louisiana. During the years that followed, New Orleans grew rapidly and it was not long before a larger and better equipped institution was needed. A new hospital referred to at the time as a model of hospital architecture of the nineteenth century’’ was built during the years 1832-1833. The Sisters of Charity have been caring for the patients of this institution by govern¬ ment authorization since 1834.