Book ID: CBB286855925

Verbotene Liebe, verborgene Kinder Das Geheime Buch des Göttinger Geburtshospitals, 1794-1857 (2018)

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Schlumbohm, Jürgen (Author)


Wallstein Verlag


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 192 pp.
Language: German

How did women and men live from "good family" relationships beyond the laws and conventions, and how did they deal with their consequences? A recently appeared source, the "Geheime Buch" of the Göttingen maternity hospital, provides new, surprising perspectives. After detective decryption, the book provides deep insights into inappropriate couple constellations, hidden births, and hidden childhoods. The means by which the secrecy strategies were implemented to save the family honor as well as the consequences that resulted for women, men and their secretive children. At the same time, one aspect of the maternity clinic becomes apparent, which used to be in the dark: the "secret" births. In light of current debates on anonymous or confidential births, this specific function of the hospital is of particular importance.

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Review Mary Lindemann (2018) Review of "Verbotene Liebe, verborgene Kinder Das Geheime Buch des Göttinger Geburtshospitals, 1794-1857". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 701-702). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Schlumbohm, Jürgen
Vu, Anthony K.
Sarah Fox
Arena, Francesca
Mangione, Salvatore
Shirai, Chiaki
Concepts
Childbirth
Mothers and children
Hospitals and clinics
Medicine
Family
Obstetrics and pregnancy
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Great Britain
Southern states (U.S.)
England
Edinburgh
Switzerland
Institutions
Universität Göttingen
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