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[Josephinism in medicine: the General Hospital in Vienna and the "Narrenturm" (insane asylum)]
1Wissenschaftliche Landesakademie für Niederösterreich, Krems.
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The spirit of enlightened absolutism was realized through the personal engagement of Emperor Joseph II in the foundation of the Vienna General Hospital, the asylum for the insane called "Narrenturm" and the maternity home.