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 | | While methods of pharmacuticals in the time period were quite elementary, Hotel des Invalides pioneered new treatments frequently, and set a new standard for the rather barbarous hospice treatment styles of the period. |
 | | Louis considered its construction one of the greatest achievements of his reign, though many historians defer this honorable claim to the Chateau de Versailles, which, though of dubious necessity and, it may be said, ethically unsound, is one of the largest and most extravagant monuments to a king's power in Europe. |
 | | Louis had not remained faithful to her: his mistresses included Louise de la Valliere, Duchesse de Vaujours, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise of Montespan, and Marie-Angelique, Duchesse de Fontanges. |
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