Word: abteilung
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lepers. An experienced medical administrator, Dr. Hauberg swiftly disposed of mountains of tangled red tape as he converted a former male TB ward on the outskirts of Hanover into Abteilung...
...Abteilung 10 was founded on the principle that deformed babies should not spend their lives in institutions. Collecting the children in "Thalidomide Towns," a frequently heard proposal, has also been rejected. "Such a town," says Dr. Hau-berg, "would be like a leper colony. Seclusion of deformed victims could not help appearing to them as expulsion from society. Psychologically it would be extremely dangerous...
Guilt & Anxiety. Set up to treat 196 serious cases, Abteilung 10 admits the children in batches of 30. Each child lives in the clinic for periods of two to three months. During the last two weeks of treatment, the mother also becomes a resident of the clinic, wearing the same style blue coat that is worn by the 30 specialized .uses and therapists. The children learn to identify their mothers in the same category as the clinic staff, and the parent provides what Dr. Hauberg calls "nest warmth." She becomes an ob ject of treatment herself, sitting in on group...
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