[Donation for medical care at the Vienna Civic Hospital in the 15th century. Responsibility for daily rounds].

The medical treatment in the city hospital of Vienna, which was attached to the University as a teaching facility, was not of the best quality in the 15th century. A report by an unknown author describes the medical treatment as tending to lead to death rather than recovery. In 1436 a donation was made by Nicolaus Aichberger de Fürstenfeld, a well known member of the Medical School of Vienna University, to engage a physician who had to visit the patients daily. The acceptance of the donation is not documented, but the research shows Michael Gruber, student of medicine, as possessor of the foundation. The obligation for daily medical treatment was a remarkable requirement for that time.