[Welfare service of the Emperor Joseph II for orphaned and sick children (author's transl)].
It turned out that the Vienna General Hospital, which was founded in 1784, was not sufficient for the out-door treatment of children. So, in 1787, J. J. Mastalier with the ready assistance of Emperor Joseph II. founded an Institute for Sick Children which later was to house the first Institute for Cowpox Vaccination on the continent. There the first X-ray treatment of pathological tissue was carried out and it also became the working place of Sigmund Freud. Joseph II. provided for the foundlings and also initiated a functioning means for the protection of the unborn by measures taken in the Maternity Hospital of his foundation, i. e., the Vienna General Hospital.
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Uber die Fürsorge Josephs II. für elternlose und kranke Kinder.