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Charenton was known for its humanitarian treatment of patients, especially under its director Abbé De Coulmier in the early 19th century. The Marquis De Sade was held at the Charenton asylum until his death in 1814 at the age of 74. The noted Belgian-born Musicologist and composer Jérôme-Joseph De Momigny also died at the Charenton asylum, in 1842. The Caricaturist André Gill died here in 1885 . Today, the name of the psychiatric hospital is Esquirol hospital, after Jean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol who directed the institution in the 19th Century . SEE ALSO
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