VIRUS Band 16, pp. 043-064, 2020/07/22
Schwerpunkt: Orte des Alters und der Pflege – Hospitäler, Heime und Krankenhäuser
The multifunctional Civic Hospital, founded in the middle of the 13th century, was among the main institutions for poor relief and health care in the city of Vienna until the reforms of Joseph IIin the 1780s. The article provides an overview of the medical and nursing staff employed by the hospital by mainly analysing the pay lists found in the annual hospital account books. It is shown that a salaried academically trained physician cannot be found before the beginning of the 17th century, whereas a surgeon had already been employed in the second half of the 15th century. Paid nursing staff that can as well be identified at the end of the Middle Ages became increasingly specialised in the course of the Early Modern Period. Particularly nursing staff represents a research gap concerning the history of early modern hospitals.
Keywords: Hospital, hospital staff, medical staff, nursing staff, care, health care, poor relief, Early Modern Period, Vienna
