HOSPITAL
Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 22
(Fr.hopital.) In Architecture, a building raised and endowed for the reception of persons incapable of supporting themselves and procuring medical a istance, or as a refuge for the unfortunate or needy. Many of the charitable institutions in Great Britain are called hospitals; and are incorporated bodies, po e ed of great wealth, which is expended in the support of schools, . (See MCulloch's Statistics; De Gerando, de la Bienfaisance publiqu£, vol. iv. book 3.') [s. 577]
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