[Room with a view for the "daughters of pain": 1828 was the beginning of new obstetrics in Erlangen].

The roots of clinical obstetrics at the University of Erlangen go back as far as the end of the 18th century. In 1796, Christian Friedrich Deutsch (1768-1843) was appointed as the first university teacher solely responsible for obstetrics. At the same time, he was also vehemently committed to the creation of a clinical institution for the purpose of training in obstetrics. For several reasons, the opening of a maternity home in a converted private house on the outskirts of town did not take place until 1828 under the leadership of Anton Bayer (1791-1832). In 1854/55, it was possible to move into a new building situated directly next to the university hospital; this new building was planned by Eugen Rosshirt (1798-1872). The increasing number of births and students as well as the introduction of gynecology finally led to the establishment, in 1878, of the first gynecological hospital in the sense understood by us today. The hospital was designed by Karl Schröder (1838-1887) who was the first Erlangen teacher of obstetrics to complete his habilitation in this field and probably has to be considered as the founder of the science of obstetrics at the University of Erlangen.