Pierrine Poget resurrects the poignant life of an “asylum for incurables”, in Loëx, in the canton of Geneva

Published on January 6, 2025 at 8:26 p.m. / Modified on January 6, 2025 at 8:32 p.m.

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These are four blue notebooks, kept between 1952 and 1955 in a hospital in the canton of Geneva, in Loëx, by a senior sister. Day-to-day notes for the management of an establishment then described as an “asylum for the incurable”. On January 1, 1954, we can read: “My God! In this new year, act with power in this house! These are the wishes I make for everyone!”



Excerpt from “Carnets d’une veleuse”, Pierrine Poget, MétisPresses.

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