CHT179640 Transport of Prostitutes from the St. Martin Prison to the Salpetriere Hospital (oil on canvas) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; (add.info.: Transport des Filles de Joie du Depot Saint-Martin a L\'Hopital Salpetriere; Under Louis XIV, Salpetriere was turned into an asylum that operated more like a prison, where female outcasts could be shut away from existence. With no promises of recovery or freedom, the unfortunate ???atients??usually finished out their natural lives there, ???or their own good.??; 穢 Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright.