Healing of body and soul
Medicine and hygiene in the 18th century
Questions of physical and mental health concern us today as they did 300 years ago.
In 1721, August Hermann Francke (1663–1727) founded one of the first children's hospitals in Europe in his Glauchaschen Anstalten, today's Francke Foundations.
Science and experience, responsibility and care, ideas and entrepreneurial spirit mixed to create the recipe for success. The roots of today's medicine were also anchored here.
