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[The gate the Kaiser opened for women. Rotenhausgasse (1), Vienna-Alservorstadt]
1Abteilung für Pränatale Diagnostik und Therapie der Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde der Universität Wien, Osterreich.
Gynakologisch-Geburtshilfliche Rundschau
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
This paper refers to one of the entrances to the former 'delivery house' of the old Vienna General Hospital, namely the door in Rotenhausgasse. It was used for 70 years, from 1784 to 1854. According to the wishes of Emperor Joseph II, unmarried women could be supported by specialists, anonymously and thus escaping shame. Connected with it was the protection of the newborn against exposure and infanticide.