Hôtel-Dieu de Paris
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Oct 26, 2026
Carla ValentineGUEST
And this is one of the things that's, you know, all of that sanitary reform came because of George Walker and these new garden cemeteries were built.
Carla ValentineGUEST
But what was interesting about George Walker is that he'd actually worked in the Hotel Dieu in Paris, the hospital, and he had seen all this happen earlier with Les Innocents Cemetery.
Carla ValentineGUEST
And that was what led to the creation of the very famous Paris catacombs.
Carla ValentineGUEST
So it was 100 years earlier that they were already having problems with, And that's why we ended up with these skeletons underneath Paris for the same exact reason.
Carla ValentineGUEST
And he wanted to put an end to this And this is one of the things that's, you know, all of that sanitary reform came because of George Walker and these new garden cemeteries were built.
Carla ValentineGUEST
But what was interesting about George Walker is that he'd actually worked in the Hotel Dieu in Paris, the hospital, and he had seen all this happen earlier with Les Innocents Cemetery.
Carla ValentineGUEST
And that was what led to the creation of the very famous Paris catacombs.
Carla ValentineGUEST
So it was 100 years earlier that they were already having problems.
Ragavendra R. BaligaHOST
Who was he? He was a French barber surgeon who lived between circa 1510 to 1590.
Ragavendra R. BaligaHOST
He learned surgery at Paris' Hôtel-Dieu.
Ragavendra R. BaligaHOST
became a battlefield surgeon, and later served four French kings.
Ragavendra R. BaligaHOST
The moment that changed surgery, gunshot wounds were commonly burned with boiling oil.