Hospital of St Joseph and Ste Mary

the Hospital of St. Joseph and Ste. Mary · the Budapest hospital · the hospital at Buda-Pesth

A Budapest hospital shelters Jonathan through six weeks of brain fever and becomes the quiet refuge where Mina nurses and marries him.

Story so far

Jonathan Harker reaches the Hospital of St. Joseph and Ste. Mary in Budapest after escaping the Carpathians, suffering prolonged and violent brain fever. Sister Agatha and the other nursing sisters protect him through nearly six weeks of delirium.

Their letter summons Mina Murray from England. The hospital offers the first safe ground Jonathan has known since entering Dracula's country and prepares to receive Mina as nurse and bride.

Appearance

A religious hospital in Budapest with quiet wards, white beds, nursing sisters, and access to an English mission chaplain; its exterior is not described.

Role

The hospital is Jonathan's sanctuary of bodily recovery and the place where truthful care begins to replace Dracula's captivity and false correspondence.

Relationships

Jonathan Harker — Jonathan Harker survives brain fever and begins recovering here after his escape.

Sister Agatha — Sister Agatha nurses him in the hospital and writes for Mina.

Mina Murray — Mina Murray travels here to assume Jonathan's care and prepare their immediate marriage.

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Chapter 8

A Budapest hospital shelters Jonathan through six weeks of brain fever and becomes the quiet refuge where Mina nurses and marries him.