ROOMS WITH A VIEW FOR DAUGHTERS OF SORROW - CLINICAL OBSTETRICS WAS INTRODUCED IN ERLANGEN IN 1828

The roots of clinical obstetrics at the University of Erlangen go back as far as the end of the 18th century. In 1796, Christian Friedrich D eutsch (1768-1843) was appointed as the first university teacher solel y responsible for obstetrics. At the same time, he was also vehemently committed to the creation of a clinical institution for the purpose o f training in obstetrics. For several reasons, the opening of a matern ity home in a converted private house on the outskirts of town did not take place until 1828 under the leadership of Anton Payer (1791-1832) . In 1854/55, it was possible to move into a new building situated dir ectly next to the university hospital; this new building was planned b y Eugen Rosshirt (1798-1872). The increasing number of births and stud ents as well as the introduction of gynecology finally led to the esta blishment, in 1878, of the first gynecological hospital in the sense u nderstood by us today. The hospital was designed by Karl Schroder (183 8-1887) who was the first Erlangen teacher of obstetrics to complete h is habilitation in this field and probably has to be considered as the founder of the science of obstetrics at the University of Erlangen.