During a time when many of the christian religion believed that blind people or their parents have sinned, Louis IX set out to separate the care for the blind from the church, and began to have other citizens run this hospital in order to help care for the blind. There is another twist to this story. Check it out on this episode of The Correlation Sensation Podcast.
Sources Cited:
Title: Quinze-Vingts National Opthalmology Hospital/ Author: Zina Weygand/ Host: Linkfang.org/ Location: Web/ Url: https://en.linkfang.org/QUinze-Vingts_National_Eye_Hospital#Bibliography
Title: Blindness, Discipline, and Reward: Louis IX and the Foundation of the Hospice des Quinze-Vingts/ Author: Edward Wheatley (Hamilton College/ Host: ucla.edu/ Location: web/ Url: http://paris.cdh.ucla.edu/the-quinze-vingts/
Reading Notes: the History of Blind People in France/ Author: Emeline Brule/ Host: Design and Society/ Location: Web/ Url: https//sociodesign.hypotheses.org/407
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