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F red erik s H ospital there is also a R u ssian B ath open to the public as well as the H o spital patients. The Orthopædisk Institu tion , situate a t N r. 1 2 2 , N y - K ongensgade. T h e B røndan sta lt, a factory for artificial m in eral w aters which are dru n k during the season in R osenborg G ard en s; or can be sent to any p a rt o f town or country. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. Vartou, or, as it w as called in form er tim es, the H ospital o f the H o ly G h o st, as ap p ears from the figure of a D ove over the e n tra n c e , a t the corner o f F arv eg ad e and V esterv o ld , w as founded in 147 5. x\bove 4 0 0 aged p o or p ersons o f both sex es, h ave free b o ard and lo d ging, and a sm all w eekly pension. A chapel is attached. Ahel Cathrine’s A lm s House, in D ronningens T v erg ad e N r. 3 4 1 , w as founded in 1675 by Abel Cathrine van der Wisch , L ad y o f the H ousehold to the Queen D ow ager S ophie Am alie. 23 aged fem ales , spinsters and w id o w s, h av e each 1a room , w ith kitchen, and receive a w eekly allowance. The Harboeske Foundation, in Storm gade, w as founded in 1735 b y Christiane , w idow o f

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