1 Baby and infant healthcare in Dresden, 1897–1930
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Bettina Blessing
Abstract
Baby and infant healthcare evolved in association with the emergence of modern scientific medicine and scientific hygiene and the resulting development of public healthcare. The insight that 'a child was not a small adult' led to the establishment of paediatric medicine as a medical specialisation and as a starting point for the development of infant healthcare. One of the main duties of the Dresden baby nurses was adherence to hygiene regulations. Asepsis was the main pillar of infant healthcare. From its inception, one of the aims of the Dresden Association was to train nurses for the care of sick babies and children. According to paediatrician Arthur Schlossmann, healthcare for babies rested on three basic principles: well-trained specialist nurses for babies, asepsis and nutrition. Schlossmann had conceived infant nursing as a profession in its own right that was to be independent of general nursing.
Abstract
Baby and infant healthcare evolved in association with the emergence of modern scientific medicine and scientific hygiene and the resulting development of public healthcare. The insight that 'a child was not a small adult' led to the establishment of paediatric medicine as a medical specialisation and as a starting point for the development of infant healthcare. One of the main duties of the Dresden baby nurses was adherence to hygiene regulations. Asepsis was the main pillar of infant healthcare. From its inception, one of the aims of the Dresden Association was to train nurses for the care of sick babies and children. According to paediatrician Arthur Schlossmann, healthcare for babies rested on three basic principles: well-trained specialist nurses for babies, asepsis and nutrition. Schlossmann had conceived infant nursing as a profession in its own right that was to be independent of general nursing.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface xiv
- Introduction 1
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Part I Care and cure in nursing work
- 1 Baby and infant healthcare in Dresden, 1897–1930 21
- 2 The taste of war 35
- 3 ‘In the company of those similarly afflicted’ 52
- 4 ‘Hurting and caring’ 69
- 5 A poverty of leadership 82
- 6 Beyond the cuckoo’s nest 100
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Part II Public health and nursing work
- 7 The cholera epidemic of 1892 and its impact on modernising public health and nursing in Hamburg 123
- 8 ‘Some kindred form of medical social work’ 144
- 9 ‘Community healthcare’ 163
- 10 Nurses in schools, coal towns and migrant camps 180
- Index 200
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface xiv
- Introduction 1
-
Part I Care and cure in nursing work
- 1 Baby and infant healthcare in Dresden, 1897–1930 21
- 2 The taste of war 35
- 3 ‘In the company of those similarly afflicted’ 52
- 4 ‘Hurting and caring’ 69
- 5 A poverty of leadership 82
- 6 Beyond the cuckoo’s nest 100
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Part II Public health and nursing work
- 7 The cholera epidemic of 1892 and its impact on modernising public health and nursing in Hamburg 123
- 8 ‘Some kindred form of medical social work’ 144
- 9 ‘Community healthcare’ 163
- 10 Nurses in schools, coal towns and migrant camps 180
- Index 200
