Antall József szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 55-56. (Budapest, 1970)

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on obstetrics he went back to 1784, the foundation of the Allgemeines Krankenhaus, then computed the mortality figures to two places of decimals. He carried his analysis further and his table No. 17 (published below) was of outstanding importance in the relation of aetiological research and later in proving his own hypothesis. Table 2 Maternal mortality in the maternity clinic of Vienna, 1784—1848* Year Deliveries number Mortality Ye?r Deliveries number Mortality Year Deliveries number number percentage Ye?r Deliveries number number percentage 1784 284 6 2.11 1817 2735 25 0.91 1785 899 13 1.44 1818 2568 56 2.18 1786 1151 5 0.43 1819 3089 154 4.98 1787 1407 5 0.35 1820 2998 75 2.50 1788 1425 5 0.35 1821 3294 55 1.66 1789 1246 7 0.56 1822 3066 26 0.84 1790 1326 10 0.75 1823 2872 214 7.45 1791 1395 8 0.57 1824 2911 144 4.94 1792 1574 14 0.89 1825 2594 229 4.82 1793 1684 44 2.61 1826 2359 192 8.12 1794 1768 7 0.39 1827 2367 51 2.15 1795 1798 38 2.11 1828 2833 101 3.56 1796 1904 22 1.16 1829 3012 140 4.64 1797 2012 5 0.24 1830 2797 111 3.97 1798 •2040 5 0.24 1831 3353 222 6.62 1799 2067 20 0.96 1832 3331 105 3.15 1800 2070 41 1.98 1833 3907 205 5.25 1801 2106 17 0.80 1834 4218 355 8.41 1802 2346 9 0.38 1835 4040 227 5.61 1803 2215 16 0.72 1836 4144 331 7.98 1804 2022 8 0.3*9 1837 4363 375 8.59 1805 2112 9 0.40 1838 4560 179 3.92 1806 1875 13 0.73 1839 4992 248 4.96 1807 925 0 0.64 1840 5166 328 6.44 1808 855 7 0.81 1841 5454 330 6.05 1809 912 13 1.42 1842 6024 730 12.11 1810 744 6 0.80 1843 5914 457 7.72 1811 1050 20 1.90 1844 6244 336 5.38 1812 1419 9 0.63 1845 6756 313 4.63 1813 1945 21 1.08 1846 7027 567 8.66 1814 2062 66 3.20 1847 7039 210 2.98 1815 2591 19 0.73 1848 7095 91 1.28 1816 2410 12 0.49 — — — — *Semmelweis l.c.p. 122. XVII. Táblázat. The dynamical examination of maternal mortality revealed the quantitative changes which were concomitant of the qualitative changes that took place in medical science in the period concerned. xi Orvostörténeti Közlomények 55—56.