Editing Doll (section)

===Doll hospitals===
[[File:Raggedy Ann & Andy - Project Gutenberg eText 17371.jpg|thumb|[[Rag doll]] characters [[Raggedy Ann]] and Raggedy Andy, illustrated by [[Johnny Gruelle]], 1920]]

A doll hospital is a workshop that specializes in the [[Antiques restoration|restoration]] or repair of dolls.<ref name="melbourne">[http://www.theage.com.au/news/Arts/Dolling-out-treatment/2005/06/09/1118123955382.html Dolling out treatment]. Theage.com.au (10 June 2005). Retrieved on 2019-01-28.</ref> Doll hospitals can be found in countries around the world.<ref name="lisbon">Khalip, Andrei and Pereira, Miguel (23 December 2009) [https://archive.today/20130104133048/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5BM16S20091223 Lisbon doll hospital treats owners' blues too]. ''Reuters''</ref> One of the oldest doll hospitals was established in [[Lisbon]], Portugal in 1830,<ref name=lisbon/> and another in [[Melbourne]], reputedly the first such establishment in Australia, was founded in 1888.<ref name=melbourne/> There is a Doll Doctors Association in the United States.<ref name="dda">[http://www.dolldoctorsassociation.com/ Doll Doctor's Association]. Dolldoctorsassociation.com. Retrieved on 28 January 2019.</ref> Henri Launay, who has been repairing dolls at his shop in northeast Paris for 43 years, says he has restored over 30,000 dolls in the course of his career. Most of the clients are not children, but adults in their 50s and 60s.<ref name="iht" /> Some doll brands, such as [[American Girl]] and [[Beatrice Alexander|Madame Alexander]], also offer doll hospital services for their own dolls.