Hôpital Fernand-Widal

The Hôpital Fernand-Widal (English: Fernand-Widal Hospital) is an establishment of the Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) located at 200, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris.[1] A public teaching hospital, Fernand-Widal has medicine, surgery, and obstetric departments and treats a large number of indigent patients[2] including those with drug addictions.[3] The building is a landmark of Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, and was known until 1959 as Maison Dubois, after surgeon Antoine Dubois.[4] At the turn of the century, Maison Dubois had 450 beds[5] and was also known as the "municipal hospital for the insane"[6] or Maison Municipal de Santé.[5] Fernand-Widal now bears the name of doctor Georges-Fernand Widal, author of works on typhoid and kidney diseases.[7]

Hôpital Fernand-Widal
Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Entrance of the Hôpital Fernand-Widal
Geography
Location10th arrondissement, Paris, France
Coordinates48°52′54″N 2°21′35″E
Organisation
Affiliated universityUniversité Paris Cité
History
Opened1858
Links
Websitehopital-lariboisiere.aphp.fr
ListsHospitals in France

Fernald-Widal Hospital is Paris' primary poison control center,[8] and the hospital is host to an internationally renowned toxicology department.[9][10] The hospital's expertise in the area of drug overdoses has resulted in them treating celebrity or criminal patients, including pop star Dalida in 1967[11] and art dealer Fernand Legros (charged with dealing in forgeries).[12] Research published in 1991 by doctors at the hospital found that many house-fire survivors may be subsequently poisoned by cyanide released by burning household fabrics.[13] The hospital's toxicologists are regarded as the world's experts in the management of cases involving the typically fatal ingestion of poisonous Amanita phalloides "death cap" mushrooms.[14][15][16] The department came to prominence under the leadership of Michel Gaultier, who trained as a forensic pathologist and became head of internal medicine at Fernand-Widal in the 1950s.[17]

Ambulance entrance of Maison Dubois, circa 1920

Hôpital Fernand-Widal is served by the La Chapelle and Gare du Nord metro stations.[18]

It is affiliated to Université Paris Cité.[19]

References
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  2. Stępniewski, Jan; Bugdol, Marek (2010). Costs, Organization and Management of Hospitals. Wydawnictwo UJ. ISBN 978-83-233-8027-6.
  3. Reinhardt, Eric (2013-07-04). The Victoria System. Random House. ISBN 978-0-241-96354-8.
  4. Hazan, Eric (2018-03-27). A Walk Through Paris: A Radical Exploration. Verso Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-78663-258-6.
  5. Warden, A. A. (1903). English Handbook to the Paris Medical School. Churchill. p. 24.
  6. Laughlin, Clara Elizabeth (1925). So You're Going to Paris!: And If I Were Going with You These are the Things I'd Invite You to Do. Houghton Mifflin. p. 359.
  7. "hôpital Fernand-Widal architecte Théodore Labrouste". June 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  8. "Hôpital Fernand-Widal". FranceArchives. Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  9. "France Trying Drug to Beat Breath Test". The Daily Telegraph. 1978-09-11. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  10. "Chocoholic Guinea Pigs". The Los Angeles Times. 1986-09-28. p. 366. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  11. "French singing star regains consciousness". Hartford Courant. 1967-03-04. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  12. "Judge Draws Blank Picture". Fort Lauderdale News. 1974-04-18. p. 44. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  13. "Cyanide poisoning often found in victims". The Miami Herald. 1991-12-19. p. 309. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  14. "Mushroom". Star Tribune. 1990-09-12. p. 44. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  15. "Beware the Poisonous Amanita Phalloides". The San Francisco Examiner. 1976-10-24. p. 247. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  16. "Stalking the Wild Mushroom...at your own risk". The Los Angeles Times. 1980-10-30. p. 143. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  17. Woolf, Alan (2021-10-13). History of Modern Clinical Toxicology. Academic Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-12-822219-5.
  18. Paris, Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de. "Hôpital Lariboisière et Fernand Widal - Office de tourisme Paris". www.parisinfo.com. Archived from the original on 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  19. "Hôpitaux universitaires | Médecine". Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
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