["Battlefield of love": the Fronberg-Hospital of the Deaconry Motherhouse Kaiserswerth].
In historical research on late 19th-century Germany, in general, as well as in the historiography of medicine, the General Hospital is typically described as located in industrial towns and cities. In order to complement this picture this paper discusses the foundation (in 1888) and the early years of the "Fronberg-Hospital" of the Deaconry Motherhouse Kaiserswerth. The small town of Kaiserswerth, with nearly 2500 inhabitants around 1900, was located midway between the two industrial towns of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. My historical analysis extends to the background of this situation, the beginnings of social insurance, including health insurance, and the eminent significance of denominational quarrels in the history of Imperial Germany up to the First World War.
Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlanberg, Deutschland. Fritz.Dross@gesch.med.uni-erlangen.de
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000266:history*; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D033303:Protestantism / Q000266:history*; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000266:history*; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000266:history*
"Der Kampfplatz der Liebe": Das Fronberg-Krankenhaus der Kaiserswerther Diakonie.