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Related to me by Miss Easton, in March, 1884. It is to be hoped 

 that this idiot abandoned his quest with " a countenance more 

 in sorrow than in anger." 



Spital. 



Icel. sjMal, spital; Suio-Goth. spetal ; Dan. and Sw. Jiospital, 

 sygeJiuus, hospital ; Ger. hospital, spittal ; Dut. hospital ; PI. 

 gasthuis, hospitaal ; Wei. yspijtty, clafdy ; Gael, tigh-eiridinn, 

 hospital; Bret, hlandi or Idandi; Ir. spideala; Lat. hospitium, 

 hospitale, hospitaculum ; Sp. hospital; It. ospedale, spedale; !Fr. 

 hopital. 



Etymology according to Littre : — "Proveng. hospital, espital ; 

 Espagn. and Portug. hospital ; Ital. ospedale, du Latin hospitale, 

 lieu hospitaller, de hospes, hote. Hospital a ete refait sar le 

 latin tres anciennement ; mais a I'origine hospitale avait donne 

 regulierement hostel." 



^'■Spital, spittle, a corruption of the word hospital, and having 

 the same meaning; Suio-Goth. spetal;'^' Scot, spittle.''^ Brockett. 



There are leper hospitals in ISTorway at the present day, and 

 there is a well-preserved one in Funchal, Madeira, with leprous 

 patients therein. 



" Spytylle howse, Leprosorium." Prompt Parv. 



In all the northern and southern European languages, except 

 Gael, and Bret., from Latin. 



Examples : — 



The Old Spital — in old maps, "The Spittle on Stainmore," 

 established in old times to assist travellers passing over that bleak 

 moor. 



New Spital. Low Spital. 



Spital Grange — ^farm-house of the hospital. 



* " Spdal, ptoehocomium, plenius hospital dictum. Angl. spittle. It. spedale, quod ab 

 hospital, qumn esset domus destinata hospitibus, imprimis segrotis excipiendis. Postea 

 vero dicatee hse domus videntur leprosis et elephantiasi laborantibus, unde est, quod 

 morbus ille nomen acceperit spetwlska. Angl. spittle-skab (slight mistake). Dan. spedal- 

 skhed Angli. leproaum lazer, appellant. Belg. laserie, lepram. Itali. mal de San Lazaro, 

 unde nostrum Lazaret, quum credatur Lazarum, de quo in Euangelio hujusmodi morbo 

 laborasse." Ihre. In Madeira the disease is termed o mao dp Sao Lazaro. In France 

 these special hospitals were called leproseries or malad'-eries, 



