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w ays m unificently endow ed, is the F e v e r H o sp ital of C openhagen. It w as comm enced in 1 5 7 2 and finished in 1757. T h is hospital, divided into tw o sets o f w ards, each com posed o f an eq ual num b er, the one m edical, the oth er su rg ic al, has accomm o­ dation for 4 0 0— 4 5 0 p atien ts — the y early av erag e w hich receive re lief is estim ated a t 3 0 0 0 , of w hich two thirds are free p atients. It includes a spacious co u rt planted w ith trees w h e re, on fine days, those p a tie n ts , w ho are so far convalescent, are allow ed to enjoy a ir and exercise. B esides the public w ards th ere are in th is h o sp ital ro o m s , called in D a n ish officiant værelser , to w hich p atien ts in easy cir­ cum stances are adm itted for a h igh er c h arg e ; and it is a comm on c u sto m , even am ong the w ealth ier and noble classes, to rem ove the sick m em ber o f a fam ily to one o f these p riv ate ap artm e n ts o f the h o sp ita l, either to p rev en t the spread of fever at hom e, or th a t they m ay be a tte n d ed , in an y case w h atever, m edical or s u rg ic a l, secundum artem . T h e h ead p hy sician has the privilege, if he chooses to exercise it, o f ordering the body of every patient, w h eth er public or p rivate, dying in the hospital, to be dissected. Almindeligt Hospital, also in Am aliegade, It can accomm odate 4 0 0— 4 5 0 p a tie n ts , w ho are chiefly w as founded in the reign of C hristian V II.