title: [Nursing in the profession of the "sub-surgeons" between 1750 and 1850].
abstract: Between 1750 and 1850 surgical training was professionalized as a consequence of newly established technical colleges for surgeons in Germany and Austria led by doctors rather than craftsmen. At first, anatomy, debridement and obstetrics was taught, then a technical knowledge of medical treatment in general was instructed at specific medical/surgical schools. Depending on their years of training, graduates then worked as country doctors or as surgical assistants ("Subchirurgen", second class wound doctors). Nursing care was also on the curriculum; therefore some students worked temporarily as nurses. After graduating, many supervised nursing care in hospitals. This profession died out due to developments in the medical profession of the mid-19th century. However, they never belonged to the proletarian class of orderlies.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pflegegeschichte Qualzow.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolff
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history; D005858:Germany; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000266:history*; D009872:Operating Room Technicians / Q000266:history*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000266:history*