“Sons of the vice”. The Problem of the Foundling and the Construction of the Modern Foundling Asylum in Spain

Throughout the nineteenth century the high mortality rates of foundling, highlighted the need to undertake a series of reforms aimed to improve the sanitary conditions in the foundling asylums and to implement measures for the maternity support. Accordingly, Spanish doctors raised a draft medicaliza...

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Main Author: Mario César Sánchez Villa
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2016-12-01
Series:Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CHCO/article/view/54302