We start this On the spot at the place where On the spot number 3 ended. We have just walked through the short passage de Beaujolais and are now in the R. de Richelieu. We turn right and then left again, into the Rue des petits champs
We have just left the last passage and are now on our way to Montmartre. It is still a long walk (and uphill), but if you walk this route separately, i.e. not in connection with the passages, you can also start at Place Blanche. You can get there by metro 2, getting off at Place Blanche. However, you will miss the Musée de la vie romantique, as well as the walk.
The Palais-Royal plays an important role in (medical) novels, such as in The wild ass’s skin by Honoré de Balzac, Le malade imaginaire by Molière, and The Bells of Bicêtre by Georges Simenon.
In Paris, the Foundation for Literature and Medicine is offering two courses. Paris is so rich in medical-literary material that we can not only fill two courses, but also many episodes of this blog. The layout for this is somewhat arbitrary. We will focus on novels, medical and literary figures, and the many old hospitals …
A clinical lesson by Jean Martin Charcot
After his stay in St Rémy de Provence, Vincent van Gogh left for the north again.